{"product_id":"american-obscurantism-history-and-the-visual-in-us-literature-and-film-9780199797318","title":"American Obscurantism: History and the Visual in U.S. Literature and Film","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Obscurantism: History and the Visual in U.S. Literature and Film\u003c\/strong\u003e by Lurie, Peter. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780199797318.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican Obscurantism argues for a salutary indirection in US culture. Critiquing the impulse to see history in seminal works like Griffiths Birth of a Nation and the residual positivism of New Historicist methodology, the book challenges this shared visual epistemology . It traces meaningful exceptions to this pattern across canonical figures from US literature and film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45816142921781,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199797315","price":151.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199797318_011bee52-7360-4633-b910-2b83cb2d1a35.jpg?v=1788947150","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/american-obscurantism-history-and-the-visual-in-us-literature-and-film-9780199797318","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}