{"product_id":"mourning-the-nation-to-come-creole-nativism-in-nineteenth-century-american-literatures-9780807171899","title":"Mourning the Nation to Come: Creole Nativism in Nineteenth-Century American Literatures","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation to Come\u003c\/i\u003e, Jillian J. Sayre offers a comparative study of early national literature and culture in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America that theorizes New World nationalism as grounded in cultures of the dead and commemorative acts of mourning. Sayre argues that popular historical romances unified communities of creole readers by giving them lost love objects they could mourn together, allowing citizens of newly formed nations to feel as one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To trace the emergence of New World nationalism, \u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation to Come \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on the genre of historical writings often gathered under the title of \"Indianist romance,\" which engage Native American history in order to translate Indigenous claims to the land as iterations of creole nativism. These historical narratives foresee present communities, anticipating the nation as the inevitable realization or fulfillment of a prophecy buried in the past. Sayre uncovers prophetic, nation-building narrative in texts from across the Americas, including the Book of Mormon and works of fiction, poetry, and oratory by Jos  de Alencar, William Apess, Lydia Maria Child, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, and Jos  Joaqu n de Olmedo, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By using cultural theory to interpret a transnational archive of literary works, \u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation to Come \u003c\/i\u003eelucidates the structuring principles of New World nationalism located in prophetic narratives and acts of commemoration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jillian Sayre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807171899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJillian J. Sayre is assistant professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40174238728307,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e6f38418-f68b-4414-8287-781973df7173.jpg?v=1655299306","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mourning-the-nation-to-come-creole-nativism-in-nineteenth-century-american-literatures-9780807171899","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}