{"product_id":"voicing-america-christopher-looby-9780226492834","title":"Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States","description":"How is a nation brought into being? In a detailed examination of crucial texts of eighteenth-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material informs and animates theoretical texts by Derrida, Lacan, and others as Looby unravels the texts of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hugh Henry Brackenridge and connects them to nation-building, political discourse, and self-creation. Correcting the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture in eighteenth-century America, \u003ci\u003eVoicing America\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the complex process of early American writers articulating their new nation and reveals a body of literature and a political discourse thoroughly concerned with the power of vocal language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Looby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226492834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226492834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.46w x 0.72d","brand":"Christopher Looby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055878795519,"sku":"9780226492834","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2361049a-e1a7-42ab-bfde-833cf3e607f2.jpg?v=1685038307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voicing-america-christopher-looby-9780226492834","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}