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Literary minstrelsy, 1770-1830 Literary minstrelsy, 1770-1830 Erik Simpson "Literary Minstrelsy, 1770-1830 argues that Romantic-era writers used the figure of the minstrel to imagine authorship as a social, responsive enterprise unlike the solitary process portrayed by Roma… OL11946067W
Mark Twain's travel literature Mark Twain's travel literature Harold H. Hellwig "This critical study focuses on Twain's representations of time, place, and identity in the travel works Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, The Innocents Abroad, Life on The Mississippi, and Following the … OL12367411W
Women writers and journalists in the nineteenth-century south Women writers and journalists in the nineteenth-century south Jonathan Daniel Wells "The first study to focus on white and black women journalists and writers both before and after the Civil War, this book offers fresh insight into southern intellectual life, the fight for women's r… OL16298220W
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Class in American Writing, 1830-1860 Immigration, Ethnicity, and Class in American Writing, 1830-1860 Leonardo Buonomo This book examines the close relationship between the portrayal of foreigners and the delineation of culture and identity in antebellum American writing. Both literary and historical in its approach,… OL16815228W
Dislocating race and nation Dislocating race and nation Robert S. Levine American literary nationalism is traditionally understood as a cohesive literary tradition developed in the newly independent United States that emphasized the unique features of America and consciou… OL18353855W
The feminization of American culture The feminization of American culture Douglas, Ann This is one of those rare books that let us see with a fresh and startling clarity the underlying causes, meaning, and influence through time of profound a cultural phenomenon. In it, a brilliant you… OL1869175W
Preaching the gospel of black revolt Preaching the gospel of black revolt Reginald A. Wilburn "In this comparative and hybrid study, Wilburn examines the presence and influence of John Milton in a diverse array of early African American writing such as Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Fr… OL19664909W
Masterpieces of American Romantic Literature (Greenwood Introduces Literary Masterpieces) Masterpieces of American Romantic Literature (Greenwood Introduces Literary Masterpieces) Melissa McFarland Pennell The Romantic movement led to some of the greatest works of 19th-century American literature. Written expressly for students, this book offers succinct introductions to 10 of the most important works … OL2007574W
The finer thread, the tighter weave The finer thread, the tighter weave Joseph Dewey,Brooke Horvath "This volume focuses on issues raised by James's short fiction by treating a significant number of less-scrutinized works and by taking new routes into some of the more familiar tales. These new path… OL20968921W
Mark Twain and Philosophy Mark Twain and Philosophy Alan Goldman xiv, 247 pages ; 23 cm OL21151873W
Melville Melville Stephen Matterson "Melville: Fashioning in Modernity considers all of the major fiction with a concentration on lesser-known work, and provides a radically fresh approach to Melville, focusing on: clothing as sociall… OL23181175W
Boxcar politics Boxcar politics John Lennon "The hobo is a figure ensconced in the cultural fabric of the United States. Once categorized as a member of a homeless army who ought to be jailed or killed, the hobo has evolved into a safe, grandf… OL23192162W
When I Came to Die When I Came to Die Audrey Raden 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) OL25735974W
The Mauve Decade The Mauve Decade Thomas Beer A true classic about the period, though published a generation later. The covers (not the dust jackets) of the earlier, pre-paperback editions were of mauve cloth as part of the overall point of vie… OL2668322W
Beneath the American Renaissance Beneath the American Renaissance David S. Reynolds In this landmark work, the seven great writers of the American Renaissance--Emerson, Thoreau, Writman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson -- are examined together in their cultural contexts. Dav… OL3474008W
Hawthorne, Melville, and the American character Hawthorne, Melville, and the American character John P. McWilliams xi, 261 p. ; 24 cm OL3476736W
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at… OL468431W
Transfiguring America Transfiguring America Jeffrey Steele "Transfiguring America is the product of more than ten years of research and numerous published articles on Margaret Fuller, arguably America's first feminist theorist and one of the most important w… OL4958848W
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom… OL53908W
"Miscegenation" "Miscegenation" Elise Virginia Lemire "In the years between the Revolution and the Civil War, as the question of black political rights was debated more and more vociferously, descriptions and pictorial representations of whites coupling… OL5955951W
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