Emergent worlds : alternative states in nineteenth-century American culture /

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"Edward Sugden's "Emergent Worlds" explores the topics of so-called "interludes" in various books that have originated in nineteenth-century America"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sugden, Edward (Edward Alexander), 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2018]
Series:America and the long 19th century.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Political and social views.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891
Melville, Herman > 1819-1891 > Moby Dick
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Social change in literature.
Literature and history > United States.
Social change > History > 19th century.
Political culture > History > 19th century.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Changement social dans la littérature.
Littérature et histoire > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Literature and history
Political and social views
Political culture
Social change
Social change in literature
Sozialer Wandel > Motiv
Seeschifffahrt > Motiv
Literatur
Kolonialismus > Motiv
America > History > 19th century.
Amérique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
America
United States
USA
Pazifischer Raum
Karibik
Atlantischer Raum
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: interstitial states in the oceanic nineteenth century
  • Transition states in the chaotic Pacific, 1812-1848
  • Suspended states in the long Caribbean, 1791-1861
  • Threshold states in the immigrant Atlantic, 1789-1857
  • Coda: Ishmael in the water.

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