American blood : the ends of the family in American literature, 1850-1900 /

'American Blood' foregrounds a culture-wide struggle over the definition and value of the family in the nineteenth-century United States. This study offers a new vision of the American novel in this tumultuous period, highlighting works that protest the overvaluation of kinship in American...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Holly
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Families in literature.
Families > Political aspects > United States.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Familles dans la littérature.
Familles > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Families in literature
Families > Political aspects
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:'American Blood' foregrounds a culture-wide struggle over the definition and value of the family in the nineteenth-century United States. This study offers a new vision of the American novel in this tumultuous period, highlighting works that protest the overvaluation of kinship in American culture, depicting the domestic family as antagonistic to the political enterprise of the United States. Far from venerating the family as the nucleus of the nation, these novels imagine, even welcome, the decline of this institution and the social order it supports.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199317059
0199317054

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