Cultural orphans in America /

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Applying aspects of psychoanalytic theory that pertain to identity formation, specifically Rene Girard's theory of the scapegoat, Cultural Orphans in America examines the orphan trope in early American texts and the antebellum nineteenth-century American novel as a reaction to the social upheav...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pazicky, Diana Loercher (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, ©1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States.
Orphans in literature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Literature and society.
Literatur
Waisenkind
United States.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Applying aspects of psychoanalytic theory that pertain to identity formation, specifically Rene Girard's theory of the scapegoat, Cultural Orphans in America examines the orphan trope in early American texts and the antebellum nineteenth-century American novel as a reaction to the social upheaval and internal tensions generated by three major episodes in American history: the Great Migration, the American Revolution, and the rise of the republic. -- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 232 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
ISBN:0585201528
9780585201528
9781617030932
1617030937

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