Pilgrim Myths in American Fiction, 1820-1920.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Kari Holloway, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

An exploration of nineteenth-century fiction written by descendants of Puritans and Pilgrims who intended to shape American culture and identity.

Contents:

List of Figures Acknowledgements About the Author Note on Terminology Prefatory Note Introduction 1. "The first scene of our history": Lydia Maria Child and Harriet Vaughan Cheney 2. "Nothing that is not American": Catharine Maria Sedgwick and James Fenimore Cooper 3. "No good on earth": Nathaniel Hawthorne's Puritan Psychologies 4. The Scarlet Sins of Hawthorne's Puritans 5. The Pilgrims go Viral: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles Standish 6. Forefathers for a New Nation: Jane Goodwin Austin's Pilgrim Stories 7. "The Pilgrim Fathers, neither Puritan nor persecutors": Jane Goodwin Austin's Standish of Standish Conclusion Appendix Bibliography

ISBN:

979-88-8189-589-1

1-9787-6545-2

979-82-16-25962-6

9781978765450

OCLC:

1555347624