1st Edition
Constructions of Agency in American Literature on the War of Independence War as Action, 1775-1860
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Agency
2.1. Agency in Philosophy
2.1.1. Determinism vs. Libertarianism, Compatibilism vs. Incompatibilism
2.1.2. Intentional Actions – Definition and Qualities
2.1.3. Intentional Actions – Complications and Gradations
2.2. Agency in Sociology and Cultural Studies
2.2.1. Structure as Restriction
2.2.2. The Reproduction of Structure as Agency
2.2.3. Structure as Enabler
2.2.4. Agency as Resistance to Structure
2.3. Agency in War and the Military
2.3.3. The Agency of Armies: Strategy and Friction on the Battlefield
2.3.4. The Agency of Soldiers: Drilling and Killing
2.4. Agency in Literature
2.4.1. Characters as Agents
2.4.2. Narration as Action
2.4.3. The Agency of the Reader
3. Agency in American Literature on the War of Independence 1775-1860
3.1. Literature during the War – Calls to Action
3.1.1. Declarations and Pamphlets
3.1.2. Satire
3.1.3. Poetry
3.1.4. Drama
3.1.5. Autobiographical Narratives
3.2. Literature after the War – Calls to Virtue
3.2.1. Memoirs
3.2.2. James Fenimore Cooper
The Spy (1821)
The Pilot (1823)
Lionel Lincoln (1823)
3.2.3. Cooper’s Heirs – The 1820s
Seventy-Six (1823)
Saratoga (1824)
The Refugee (1825)
3.2.4. Cooper’s Heirs – The 1830s
The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow (1835)
The Linwoods (1835)
Horse-Shoe Robinson (1835)
The Partisan (1835)
3.2.5. Herman Melville: Israel Potter: His Fifty Years in Exile (1855)
4. Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Dr. Martin Holtz attained his Ph.D. degree at Greifswald University (Germany) in the subject of North American Studies in 2009 with the thesis "American Cinema in Transition: The Western in New Hollywood and Hollywood Now" (summa cum laude), which was published in 2011. Dr. Holtz completed his post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) in 2017. He is currently assistant professor at the Chair of Anglophone Literature and Culture in Greifswald, focusing on American literature and Film. He has published widely on American cinema, particularly the Western.
