{"product_id":"a-road-course-in-early-american-literature-travel-and-teaching-from-atzlan-to-amherst-hardback-9780817320836","title":"A Road Course in Early American Literature; Travel and Teaching from Atzlán to Amherst (Hardback) 9780817320836","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Road Course in Early American Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTravel and Teaching from Atzlán to Amherst\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Hallock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817320836\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 20 black \u0026amp; white figures - 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.333 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Road Course in Early American Literature \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply, original, brilliant, entertaining book, brimming with the author’s enthusiasm for his subject—American writing from the conquest of Tenochtitlan to the end of the Civil War—and for what he has learned in decades of teaching.\" —Christoph Irmscher, author of \u003ci\u003eMax Eastman: A Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLouis Agassiz: Creator of American Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas Hallock turns a scholarly imagination and unblinking eye on the crossroads of literature and place, traveling and trespassing in order to understand American history and what it wrought in American culture....The upshot of Hallock’s cross-pollinations is this, a hybrid with novel traits, significant vigor, and a powerful heartbeat. I’m very impressed.\" — Janisse Ray, author of \u003ci\u003eEcology of a Cracker Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas Hallock’s guide through the white-washed, buried, and forgotten stories of early American literature is a cross between your favorite college English class and your life’s best road trips. Revealing his own trespasses both literal and literary, Hallock leads his readers across the troubled waters of American memory to find shared ground in the transformative power of words. The essays in \u003ci\u003eRoad Course\u003c\/i\u003e are essential journeys for our time.\" —Cynthia Barnett, author of \u003ci\u003eMirage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Road Course in Early American Literature: Travel and Teaching from Atzlán to Amherst\u003c\/i\u003e explores a two-part question: what does travel teach us about literature, and how can reading guide us to a deeper understanding of place and identity? Thomas Hallock charts a teacher’s journey to answering these questions, framing personal experiences around the continued need for a survey course covering early American literature up to the mid-nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hallock approaches literary study from the overlapping perspectives of pedagogue, scholar, unrepentant tourist, husband, father, friend, and son. Building on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s premise that there is \"creative reading as well as creative writing,\" Hallock turns to the vibrant and accessible tradition of American travel writing, employing the form of biblio-memoir to bridge the impasse between public and academic discourse and reintroduce the dynamic field of early American literature to wider audiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHallock’s own road course begins and ends at the Lowcountry of Georgia and South Carolina, following a circular structure of reflection. He weaves his journey through a wide swath of American literatures and authors: from Native American and African American oral traditions, to Wheatley and Equiano, through Emerson, Poe, and Dickinson, among others. A series of longer, place-oriented narratives explore familiar and lesser-known literary works from the sixteenth-century invasion of Florida through the Mexican War of 1846–1848 and the American Civil War. Shorter chapters bridge the book’s central themes-the mapping of cognitive and physical space, our personal stake in reading, the tensions that follow earlier acts of erasure, and the impossibility of ever fully shutting out the past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring complex cultural histories and contemporary landscapes filled with ghosts and new voices, this volume draws inspiration from a tradition of travel, place-oriented, and literature-based works ranging from William Carlos Williams’s \u003ci\u003eIn the American Grain \u003c\/i\u003eand Jack Kerouac’s \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003eto Alice Walker’s \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Our Mother’s Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, Wendy Lesser’s \u003ci\u003eWhy I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and Rebecca Mead’s \u003ci\u003eMy Life in Middlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn accompanying bibliographic essay is periodically updated and available at Hallock’s website.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570146930968,"sku":"9780817320836","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-road-course-in-early-american-literature-travel-and-teaching-from-atzlan-to-amherst-hardback-9780817320836","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}