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The Genius of Place [electronic resource] : The Geographic Imagination in the Early Republic / Christopher C. Apap.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Apap, Christopher C., 1973-
- Series:
- New England in the world.
- New England in the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism in literature.
- Local color in literature.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Regionalism in literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- United States--Civilization--19th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (298 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, New Hampshire : University of New Hampshire Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Literary sectionalism in antebellum America and the rise of regional American identities
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction | "Let Us Bind the Nation Together"; 1 | Shifting Perspectives; 2 | Sedgwick's Sectional Picturesque; 3 | The Sectional Middle Ground; 4 | The Genius of Latitude; 5 | Southern Interventions in the Wake of Crisis; 6 | Western Reorientations; 7 | Placing the Native in the Era of Removal; 8 | Walker's African American Emplacement; Coda | "Build, Therefore, Your Own World"; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61168-926-0
- OCLC:
- 921611411
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