Composing cultures modernism, American literary studies, and the problem of culture - Aronoff, Eric Paul Wallach; ebrary, Inc. (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013)
Van Wyck Brooks and Edward Sapir: Divided American and the form of genuine culture -- Possessing culture: Willa Cather's aesthetic of culture in The song of the lark and The professor's house -- The hunt for the whole (whale): Modernist culture and the Melville revival -- Recovering the whole: Culture, region and poetry in the literary criticism of John Crowe Ransom and Allen Tate -- Conclusion: Composing critical cultures.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: American literature -- History and criticism; Popular culture in literature; Literature and society -- United States; Culture in literature; Modernism (Literature) -- United States; Anthropology in literature; Electronic books