Nation and National Identity in Susan Glaspell’s Inheritors (1921)
Based on Ernest Renan’s 1882 lecture “What is a Nation?”, this paper explores the themes of nation and national identity in Susan Glaspell’s play Inheritors, first produced in 1921 in New York City. The notion of “collective memory”, contrasting with that of “History”, will be discussed as well as t...
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Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès |
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Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone |
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Based on Ernest Renan’s 1882 lecture “What is a Nation?”, this paper explores the themes of nation and national identity in Susan Glaspell’s play Inheritors, first produced in 1921 in New York City. The notion of “collective memory”, contrasting with that of “History”, will be discussed as well as the concept of community. This study, which focuses on the first act of Inheritors, also considers how this preliminary act conditioned the audience’s reception of the whole play and prompted the spectators’reflection on the issue of American identity. |
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