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Against Self-Reliance : the Arts of Dependence in the Early United States / William Huntting Howell.
LIBRA PS193 .H64 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, William Huntting, author.
- Series:
- Early American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Women--Education.
- History.
- National characteristics, American.
- United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- National characteristics, American--History--18th century.
- National characteristics, American--History--19th century.
- Women--Education--United States--History--18th century.
- Women.
- Women--Education--United States--History--19th century.
- Dependency.
- Repetition (Aesthetics).
- Originality.
- Imitation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Contents:
- Part I Copy-Writing
- Chapter 1 Imitatio Franklin, or the American Example 19
- Chapter 2 Phillis Wheatley's Dependent Harmonies 46
- Part II Emulation and Ethics
- Chapter 3 Reproducing David Rittenhouse 85
- Chapter 4 The Republican Girl and the Spirit of Emulation 116
- Part III Critiques and Affirmations
- Chapter 5 The Horrors of the Republican Machine 159
- Chapter 6 The Copyist Moby-Dick 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812247039
- 0812247035
- OCLC:
- 890107263
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