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Imaginary empires : women writers and alternative futures in early US literature / Maria O'Malley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Malley, Maria, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alternative histories (Fiction), American--History and criticism.
- Alternative histories (Fiction), American.
- American fiction--Women authors--18th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--Women authors--19th century--History and criticism.
- Women in literature.
- United States--In literature.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Imaginary Empires by Maria O'Malley explores narratives of national beginnings and renewals centered around American women characters in literature from 1767 to 1867. The book examines how these women writers and their characters challenge traditional historical narratives and imagine alternative futures for the United States. By highlighting the multiple and often marginalized histories of women, indigenous, and Black people, the work scrutinizes the imperial ambitions embedded in the nation's early formation. The book addresses themes of foundational violence, cultural amnesia, and the intersections of political power and gender. It is intended for an audience interested in literary criticism, American history, and gender studies. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- The "fantasy" of a woman in charge in the female American
- Talking sex and revolution in Saint-Domingue in Sansay's Secret history
- The militarization of home in Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Hope Leslie
- The limits of the imaginary in the reconstructed US in Lydia Maria Child's Romance of the republic
- Massachusetts in the American imagination in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the life of a slave girl.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 03, 2023).
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: O'Malley, Maria, 1976- Imaginary empires
- ISBN:
- 9780807179253
- 0807179256
- OCLC:
- 1350686549
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