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All-American Boy /
From his celebrated appearance, hatchet in hand, in Parson Mason Locke Weems's Life of Washington to Booth Tarkington's Penrod, the all-American boy was an iconic figure in American literature for well over a century. Sometimes he was a "good boy," whose dutiful behavior was inte...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The New Nation: Young Washington, Rollo
- 2. All-Americans: Tom Bailey, Tom Sawyer
- 3. City Life: Ragged Dick, Peck's Bad Boy, Little Lord Fauntleroy
- 4. America as Middle Class: Adolescence, Frank Merriwell, Penrod
- 5. Antitheses: Huckleberry Finn, Holden Caulfield
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- INDEX