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Novels in the Time of Democratic Writing : the American Example.

In the decades after U.S. independence, American novelists carried on an argument that pitted direct democracy against the representative liberalism they attributed to their British counterparts. The result was an American novel distinguished by its use of narrative tropes that generated a social sy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Armstrong, Nancy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.
Colección:Haney Foundation series
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Introduction. Argumentum ad Populum; Chapter 1. Style in the Time of Epidemic Writing; Chapter 2. Refiguring the Social Contract; Chapter 3. Novels as a Form of Democratic Writing; Chapter 4. Dispersal; Chapter 5. Population; Chapter 6. Conversion; Chapter 7. Hubs; Chapter 8. Anamorphosis; Chapter 9. Becoming National Literature; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Acknowledgments.