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The public life of privacy in nineteenth-century American literature / Stacey Margolis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Margolis, Stacey, 1966-
Series:
New Americanists.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
New Americanists
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
American fiction.
Privacy in literature.
Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.
Literature and society.
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature.
Public opinion in literature.
Personal space in literature.
Social values in literature.
Individualism in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (247 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Challenges the familiar way of reading a major strain of 19th century American literature. Rather than seeing this strain as preoccupied with a subject's inner mental life, it shows that subjects can only be understood, and understand themselves, through
Contents:
Discipline and punish
Race and the law
The public life.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-229) and index.
ISBN:
9780822335368
0822335360
OCLC:
317321951

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