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The transatlantic materials of American literature : publishing US writing in Britain, 1830-1860 /

"During the antebellum period, British publishers increasingly brought out their own authorized and unauthorized editions of American literary works as the popularity of print exploded and literacy rates grew. Playing a formative role in the shaping of American literature, the industry champion...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGettigan, Katie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]
Colección:Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The transatlantic materials of American literature
  • Illustration as authorization in Longfellow's reprints
  • Authorized editions and the materials of American authorship
  • The transatlantic architecture of the publisher's series
  • The Forget me not, the American poetess, and sentimental nationalisms
  • "American" magazines and the failures of transatlantic reprinting
  • The transatlantic slave narrative trade
  • Uncle Tom's cabin, Dred, and the end of American literature's transatlantic materials.