Why Literary Periods Mattered: Historical Contrast and the Prestige of English Studies Where Is American Literature? Object Lessons

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Book Review| December 01 2015 Why Literary Periods Mattered: Historical Contrast and the Prestige of English Studies Where Is American Literature? Object Lessons Why Literary Periods Mattered: Historical Contrast and the Prestige of English Studies. By Underwood, Ted. Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ. Press. 2013. viii, 199 pp.$35.00.Where Is American Literature? By Levander, Caroline F.. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. 2013. viii, 202 pp. Cloth, $87.95; paper, $27.95.Object Lessons. By Wiegman, Robyn. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press. 2012. x, 398 pp. Cloth, $87.95; paper, $27.95. Paul Giles Paul Giles Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2015) 87 (4): 833–835. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-3329686 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Paul Giles; Why Literary Periods Mattered: Historical Contrast and the Prestige of English Studies Where Is American Literature? Object Lessons. American Literature 1 December 2015; 87 (4): 833–835. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-3329686 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsAmerican Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2015 by Duke University Press2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.