| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 146 pages) |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the historical crisis of post-Reconstruction national allegory -- Speaking American : Henry James and the dialect of modernity -- The hidden power : domesticity, national allegory, and empire in Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona -- Blushing brides and soulless corporations : racial formation in María Amparo Ruiz de Burton's The squatter and the don -- Epilogue : decentering national allegory. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Allegory.
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Allegory. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780814271001 |
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0814271006 |
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9780814211298 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814211291 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780814292280 cd-rom |
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