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Reforming the world : social activism and the problem of fiction in nineteenth-century America / María Carla Sánchez.
Van Pelt Library PS217.S58 S26 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sánchez, María Carla, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Social change in literature.
- Social problems in literature.
- Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 240 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- The devil and his angels
- The panic of 1837 and the failures of literary men
- Sentimentalizing the fallen woman
- Making history with Child and Stowe
- Saying goodbye to Timothy Shay Arthur.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781587296949
- 1587296942
- OCLC:
- 226357365
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