UID:
edocfu_9958352297002883
Format:
1 online resource(248p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. , 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812209839
Content:
Silyn Roberts turns our previous understanding of gothic literature inside out, arguing that the gothic conventions imported from Britain were appropriated by American writers to offer the early republic a vision of what American character might ultimately be.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction: The Gothic Enlightenment --
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Chapter 1. Th e American Transformation of the British Individual --
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Chapter 2. Captivity, Incorporation, and the Politics of Going Native --
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Chapter 3. A Mind for the Gothic: Common Sense and the Problem of Local Culture --
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Chapter 4. Population and the Limits of Civil Society in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s --
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Chapter 5. Slavery and Gothic Form: Writing Race as the Bio- Novel --
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Epilogue --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812209839
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812209839
