| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 181 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Focusing on texts written between 1880 and 1930, this book explores the concept of the 'counterfeit', both in terms of material goods and invented identities, and the ways that the acquisition of objects came to define individuals in American culture and literature. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature.
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Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
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Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Impostors and imposture in literature.
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Impostors and imposture in literature. |
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
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Passing (Identity) in literature.
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Passing (Identity) in literature. |
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Self in literature.
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Self in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Balkun, Mary McAleer. American counterfeit. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006 9780817314972 0817314970 (DLC) 2005017750 (OCoLC)60743162 |
| ISBN |
9780817382575 (electronic book) |
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0817382577 (electronic book) |
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9780817314972 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817314970 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
