Keywords:
United States, Race relations, History, 19th century.
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American literature, 19th century, History and criticism.
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Group identity in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Nationalism and literature, United States, History, 19th century.
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Nationalism, United States, History, 19th century.
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Race in literature.
Notes:
I: The poetics of national identity -- 1. "We are five-and-forty": meter and national identity in Sir Walter Scott -- 2. "Our sacred union." "our beloved Apalachia": nation and genius loci in Hawthorne and Simms -- II: The poetics of racial identity -- 3. "Of me and of mine": the music of racial identity -- 4. "Blood will tell": literary effects and the diagnosis of racial instinct -- The conservation of identities
Pages:
xiii, 351 p.
ISBN:
0-511-06295-8
URL:
http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=120674
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