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Empire and the literature of sensation : an anthology of nineteenth-century popular fiction /
Mid-nineteenth-century American literature teems with the energy and excitement characteristic of the nation?s era of expansion. It also reveals the intense anxiety and conflict of a country struggling with what it will mean, socially and culturally, to incorporate previously held Spanish territorie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Multi-ethnic literatures of the Americas.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Mid-nineteenth-century American literature teems with the energy and excitement characteristic of the nation?s era of expansion. It also reveals the intense anxiety and conflict of a country struggling with what it will mean, socially and culturally, to incorporate previously held Spanish territories. Empire and the Literature of Sensation is a critical anthology of some of the most popular and sensational writings published before the Civil War. It is a collection of transvestite adventures, forbidden love, class conflict, and terrifying encounters with racial?others.?. Most of the accounts, |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 297 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297). |
| ISBN: | 9780813541419 0813541417 |