| Description |
viii, 342 p. |
| Series |
New Americanists |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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New Americanists.
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| Note |
"The text of this book originally was published without the present preface or index as vol. 17, no. 1 of Boundary 2"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
New Americanists : revisionist interventions into the canon / Donald E. Pease -- "Res Publica" of letters / Michael Warner -- Rationale for "the American romance" / John McWilliams -- Scarcity, subjectivity, and Emerson / Wai-chee Dimock -- Hearing narrative voices in Melville's "Pierre" / Priscilla Wald -- Rhetorical use and abuse of fiction : eating books in late nineteenth-century America / Steven Mailloux -- Maternal discourse and the romance of self-possession in Kate Chopin's "the Awakening" / Ivy Schweitzer -- |
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Realism, ideology, and the novel in America (1886-1896) : changing perspectives in the work of Mark Twain, W. D. Howells, and Henry James / Robert Weimann -- American literature and the new historicism : the example of Frederick Douglas / Gregory S. Jay -- "Ours by the law of nature" : romance and independents on Mark Twain's river / Howard Horwitz -- Cataloging the creatures of the deep : "Billy Budd, sailor" and the rise of sociology / Susan Mizruchi -- Violence, revolution, and the cost of freedom : John Brown and W. E. B. DuBois / William E. Cain. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and history -- United States.
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Canon (Literature)
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Historicism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pease, Donald E.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780822382645 |
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0822382644 |
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0822314932 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780822314936 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0822314789 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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9780822314783 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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