Type of Document Dissertation Author Vollaro, Daniel Richard Author's Email Address daniel.vollaro@lcc.gatech.edu URN etd-08272008-210438 Title Origins and Orthodoxy: Anthologies of American Literature and American History Degree Ph.D. Department English Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Janet Gabler-Hover Committee Chair Calvin Thomas Committee Member Robert Sattelmeyer Committee Member Keywords
- Native American Origin Stories
- Anthologies of American Literature
- Anthologies
- Abraham Lincoln
- Multiculturalism
- Slave Literature
- Literary History
Date of Defense 2008-04-28 Availability unrestricted Abstract This dissertation examines how the new “multicultural phase” anthologies of American literature treat American history. Anthologies of American literature are more historical, more diverse, and more multidisciplinary than ever before, but they have over-extended themselves in both their historical and representational reach. They are not, despite their diversity and historicism, effective vehicles for promoting critical discussions of American history in the classroom.Chapter One outlines a brief history of anthologies of American literature, while also introducing the terminology and methodology used in this study. Chapter Two explores the role of the headnote as a vehicle for American history in anthologies by focusing on headnotes to Abraham Lincoln in multiple anthologies. Chapter Three examines how anthologies frame Native American origin stories for their readers. Chapter Four focuses on the issues raised by anthologizing texts originally composed in Spanish, and Chapter Five argues for a transnational broadening of the “slavery theme” in anthologies to include Barbary captivity narratives and texts that reference Indian slavery.
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