Against self-reliance : the arts of dependence in the early United States William Huntting Howell

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Howell, William Huntting.

Series:

• Early American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.
• United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
• National characteristics, American--History--18th century.
• National characteristics, American--History--19th century.
• Women--Education--United States--History--18th century.
• 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