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Against self-reliance : the arts of dependence in the early United States William Huntting Howell
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS 193 .H64 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, William Huntting.
- Series:
- Early American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
- United States.
- National characteristics, American--History--18th century.
- National characteristics, American.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 305 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I COPY-WRITING
- ch. 1 Imitatio Franklin, or the American Example
- ch. 2 Phillis Wheatley's Dependent Harmonies
- pt. II EMULATION AND ETHICS
- ch. 3 Reproducing David Rittenhouse
- ch. 4 The Republican Girl and the Spirit of Emulation
- pt. III CRITIQUES AND AFFIRMATIONS
- ch. 5 The Horrors of the Republican Machine
- ch. 6 The Copyist Moby-Dick.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812247039 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0812247035 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 890107263
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