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A fictive people : antebellum economic development and the American reading public /
This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers."
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 326 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429401036 9781429401036 0195344901 9780195344905 9780195075823 019507582X 1280526238 9781280526237 |