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Sensational designs : the cultural work of American fiction, 1790-1860 / Jane Tompkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tompkins, Jane P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Social problems in literature.
- Literature and society--United States.
- Literature and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Melbourne : Oxford U.P., 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This challenging book works towards a redefinition of literature and literary study. The texts the author examines are viewed not as works of art embodying enduring themes, but as attempts to redefine the social order.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: The Cultural Work of American Fiction; I: Masterpiece Theater: The Politics of Hawthorne's Literary Reputation; II: What Happens in Wieland; III: The Importance of Merely Circulating; IV: No Apologies for the Iroquois: A New Way to Read the Leatherstocking Novels; V: Sentimental Power: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Politics of Literary History; VI: The Other American Renaissance; VII: ""But Is It Any Good?"": The Institutionalization of Literary Value; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028137-5
- 1-280-43951-3
- 1-4237-3587-0
- 0-19-536484-8
- 1-60129-607-X
- OCLC:
- 191038027
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