Notes from the Periphery: Marginality in North American Literature and Culture

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Notes from the Periphery attempts to examine the dynamics of marginalization and define the factors that have caused certain texts to be labeled as marginal while others are considered central and thus crucial in maintaining and perpetuating mainstream cultural values. Within the Western European tradition, Aristotelian thought has played a crucial role in staking out the center (i.e., the locus of power and authority) for certain groups and relegating others to the periphery; and it is not without significance ...
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Notes from the Periphery attempts to examine the dynamics of marginalization and define the factors that have caused certain texts to be labeled as marginal while others are considered central and thus crucial in maintaining and perpetuating mainstream cultural values. Within the Western European tradition, Aristotelian thought has played a crucial role in staking out the center (i.e., the locus of power and authority) for certain groups and relegating others to the periphery; and it is not without significance that today's neo-conservative thinkers have adopted Aristotelian tactics. Thus, Castillo outlines the basic tenets of Aristotelian thought and traces the continuing influence of Aristotelian attitudes in the canon debate. She then goes on to analyze writers or historical figures who were labeled as fanatics, diagnosed as mad or sexually depraved, or dismissed as quaint regional or ethnic curiosities.
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Castillo (comparative literature, Fernando Pessoa U., Oporto, Portugal) examines the factors that have caused some North American literary texts to be labeled marginal and others to be considered crucial to mainstream cultural values. She points out the important role of Aristotelian thought, and is not surprised to see modern conservatives reviving it to try to recap the once inviolate literary canon. She also analyzes specific writers who have been dismissed as fanatics, mad, sexually depraved, or quaint ethnic curiosities. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Ch. 1 Central Concerns 3
Ch. 2 Ex-Centric Visions 23
Ch. 3 "A Verye Dayngerous Woman": Anne Hutchinson and the Antinomian Controversy 35
Ch. 4 Strangers from a Distant Country: The Narratives of John Tanner and Frances Slocum 53
Ch. 5 The Color of Subversion: Regional Writing and Kate Chopin 77
Ch. 6 Edith Wharton: Strategies of Expatriation 93
Ch. 7 Zelda Sayre: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Better Half? 115
Ch. 8 "No Power Domineered to Wither Her": Emily Carr, Survivor 135
Ch. 9 Never Our Own Nightmares: The Tragic Vision of Tennessee Williams 149
Ch. 10 Postmodernism, Native American Literature and the Real: The Silko-Erdrich Controversy 179
Conclusion 191
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