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Romances of the republic : women, the family, and violence in the literature of the early American nation /
Samuels looks at the relations among sexual, political, and familial rhetoric in American writing from 1790 to the 1850s. With a special focus on the depictions of the American Revolution and the use of the family as model and instrument of political forces, she examines how the historical novel for...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Samuels looks at the relations among sexual, political, and familial rhetoric in American writing from 1790 to the 1850s. With a special focus on the depictions of the American Revolution and the use of the family as model and instrument of political forces, she examines how the historical novel formalizes some of the more extravagant features of the gothic novel while incorporating a sentimental vision of the family. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423764900 9781423764908 128044326X 9781280443268 9786610443260 6610443262 |