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An apologia (Latin for apology, from Ancient Greek: ἀπολογία, lit. ' speaking in defense ' ) is a formal defense of an opinion, position or action.
"On the Phenomenology of Giant Puppets: Broken Windows, Imaginary Jars of Urine, and the Cosmological Role of the Police in American Culture" (PDF). December 6, 2005. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (originally an address to Anthropology, Art and Activism Seminar Series at Brown University's Watson Institute, December 6, 2005)
F. O. Matthiessen: originated the concept "American Renaissance" Perry Miller: Puritan studies; Henry Nash Smith: founder of the "Myth and Symbol School" of American criticism; Leo Marx: The Machine in the Garden (study of technology and culture) Leslie Fiedler: Love and Death in the American Novel; Stanley Fish: Pragmatism
The scholarly journal American Literature was first published in 1929. [5] In 1989 the American Literature Association, a coalition of 110 affiliated societies mostly concerned with the work of a particular author (e.g. the Emily Dickinson International Society or the Thoreau Society), was organized. [6]
The contributors were predominantly drawn from American institutions. The essays analyzed aspects of literature including books, authors, and literary movements. The encyclopedia was aimed at a general audience without specialized knowledge of the field. The entries are arranged alphabetically rather than chronologically.
Leslie Aaron Fiedler (March 8, 1917 – January 29, 2003) was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work incorporates the application of psychological theories to American literature. [1] Fiedler's best known work is the book Love and Death in the American Novel (1960).
"The Rhetoric of Newman's Apologia," English Literary History, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 224–238. Peterson, Linda H. (1985). "Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua and the Traditions of the English Spiritual Autobiography," Publications of the Modern Language Association, Vol. 100, No. 3, pp. 300–314. Ward, Wilfrid (1913). Introduction to Apologia Pro ...