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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Gothic plays and American society, 1794-1830 Gothic plays and American society, 1794-1830 M. Susan Anthony "This first full-length study of early American Gothic drama examines the relationship between Gothic plays and the developing society in which they flourished. It discusses topics ranging from the n… OL11989091W
Defoe's America Defoe's America Dennis Todd "The Americas appear as an evocative setting in more than half of Daniel Defoe's novels, and often offer a new beginning for his characters. In the first full-length study of Defoe and colonialism, D… OL15603302W
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
Gothic romanticism Gothic romanticism Tom Duggett "Gothic Romanticism relates architecture, politics, and literary form to read afresh the works of the Lake Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey. Reading a wide range of canonical and lesser-read… OL18351402W
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
Beat Beat Christopher Felver A collection of images, text, ephemera, artifacts, and reminiscence celebrates the creative spirit and joyous antics of the men and women known as the Beat Generation. Spotlighted are Hunter S. Thom… OL1875144W
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
Hawthorne, Melville, and the American character Hawthorne, Melville, and the American character John P. McWilliams xi, 261 p. ; 24 cm OL3476736W
Saying It Ain't So: American Values As Revealed in Children's Baseball Stories, 1880-1950 (American… Saying It Ain't So: American Values As Revealed in Children's Baseball Stories, 1880-1950 (American… Debra A. Dagavarian viii, 223 p. ; 23 cm OL4957807W
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
Andrei Codrescu and the myth of America Andrei Codrescu and the myth of America Kirby Olson "This work explores Codrescu's writings and how they are a part of the surrealist tradition. It examines the ways in which his poetry and essays are influenced by his upbringing in Communist Romania … OL5815492W
Sympathy in American literature Sympathy in American literature Kristin Boudreau "In this chronicle of the role of sympathy in American literature and culture from the colonial period to the Gilded Age, Boudreau shows how the sentiment of fellow-feeling was repeatedly recruited a… OL6213615W
American Audacity American Audacity Christopher Benfey "One of the foremost critics in contemporary American letters, Christopher Benfey has long been known for his brilliant and incisive essays. Benfey's writings have helped us reimagine the American li… OL8036626W