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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Main Author: Emeline Jouve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès 2010-07-01
Series:Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/1338