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The Troubled Union Expansionist Imperatives in Post-Reconstruction American Novels / John Morán González.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
González, John Morán.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Allegory.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
American literature.
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
American fiction.
Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895--Criticism and interpretation.
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885--Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, 1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 146 p. )
Place of Publication:
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2010.
Contents:
Introduction : the historical crisis of post-Reconstruction national allegory
Speaking American : Henry James and the dialect of modernity
The hidden power : domesticity, national allegory, and empire in Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona
Blushing brides and soulless corporations : racial formation in María Amparo Ruiz de Burton's The squatter and the don
Epilogue : decentering national allegory.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-8142-7100-6
OCLC:
868220208

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