The American Counterfeit : Authenticity and Identity in American Literature and Culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Balkun, Mary McAleer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Self in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Impostors and imposture in literature.
Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930
  • Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity
  • "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth
  • Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing
  • A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby.

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