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Murphy, Geraldine A. "The Ideology of American Romance Theory," Columbia University, September 1985.
While the descriptive accuracy of this influential theory of American literature was challenged in the 1970s, the political and cultural grounds for its widespread acceptance in the fifties and early sixties was not sufficiently examined. The romance theory, the author argues, provided a rationale for the discipline of American literature during a period when the United States felt the need for a cultural heritage equal to its role as leader of the free world. Moreover, the features of American romance theory, as defined by Partisan Review critics Lionel Trilling and Richard Chase, are thoroughly consistent with the “consensus” theory of American politics and the “end-of-ideology” school of thought. Hence, the romance theory must be recognized as an aesthetic expression of the pluralistic liberalism of the Cold War period.
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