| Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 135
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 135.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. |
| Contents |
When travelers swarm forth: antebellum urban aesthetics and the contours of the political -- In 'the thick of the stream': Henry James and the public sphere -- A 'gorgeous neutrality': social justice and Stephen Crane's documentary anaesthetics -- Vicious gregariousness: white city, the nation form, and the souls of lynched folk -- A 'moving mosaic': Harlem, primitivism, and Nella Larsen's Quicksand -- Breaking the waves: mass immigration, trauma, and ethno-political consciousness in Cahan, Yezierska, and Roth. |
| Summary |
Esteve examines crowd representations in American literature from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century. As a central icon of political and cultural democracy, the crowd occupies a prominent place in the American literary and cultural landscape. Esteve analyses the aesthetic and political meanings of such urban crowd scenes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Crowds in literature.
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Crowds in literature. |
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Politics and literature -- United States.
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Politics and literature. |
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United States. |
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Literature and society -- United States.
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Literature and society. |
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Collective behavior in literature.
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Collective behavior in literature. |
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City and town life in literature.
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City and town life in literature. |
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Immigrants in literature.
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Immigrants in literature. |
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Lynching in literature.
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Lynching in literature. |
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Aesthetics, American.
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Aesthetics, American. |
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Mobs in literature.
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Mobs in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Esteve, Mary. Aesthetics and politics of the crowd in American literature. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 052181488X (DLC) 2002031369 (OCoLC)50422956 |
| ISBN |
0511064977 (electronic book) |
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9780511064975 (electronic book) |
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0511073437 |
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9780511073434 |
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0511120648 (electronic book) |
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9780511120640 (electronic book) |
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9780521814881 (hardback) |
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052181488X (hardback) |
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9780511485497 (ebook) |
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0511485492 (ebook) |
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1280161337 |
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9781280161339 |
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