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1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [139]
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 139.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-342) and index. |
| Contents |
I: The poetics of national identity -- 1. "We are five-and-forty": meter and national identity in Sir Walter Scott -- 2. "Our sacred union." "our beloved Apalachia": nation and genius loci in Hawthorne and Simms -- II: The poetics of racial identity -- 3. "Of me and of mine": the music of racial identity -- 4. "Blood will tell": literary effects and the diagnosis of racial instinct -- The conservation of identities. |
| Summary |
Examining the literary history of racial and national identity in nineteenth-century America, Kerkering tells the story of how poetry helped define America as a nation before helping to define America into distinct racial categories. Through formal literary effects, national and racial identities become related elements of a single literary history. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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19th century |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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Nationalism and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Nationalism and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Race relations. |
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Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Nationalism. |
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Group identity in literature.
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Group identity in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
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United States -- Race relations. |
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History -- 19th century. |
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Geschichte 1800-1900 |
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1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Online-Publikation.
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History.
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| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism -- 19th century.
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| Added Title |
Poetics of national and racial identity in 19th-century American literature |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kerkering, John D. Poetics of national and racial identity in nineteenth-century American literature. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521831148 (DLC) 2003046081 (OCoLC)51879740 |
| ISBN |
0511062958 (electronic book) |
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9780511062957 (electronic book) |
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0511121636 (electronic book) |
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9780511121630 (electronic book) |
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0511071418 |
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9780511071416 |
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1280161604 |
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9781280161605 |
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0521831148 (Cloth) |
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