Contesting the past, reconstructing the nation : American literature and culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893 /
In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Ben Railton proposes that in the years after Reconstruction, America's identity was often contested through distinct and competing conceptions of the nation's history. Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation argues that the United...
| Основен автор: | Railton, Ben, 1977- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2007.
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| Серия: |
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=209775 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Contesting the past, reconstructing the nation. |
| Резюме: |
In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Ben Railton proposes that in the years after Reconstruction, America's identity was often contested through distinct and competing conceptions of the nation's history. Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation argues that the United States moved toward unifying and univocal historical narratives in the years between the Centennial and Columbian Expositions, that ongoing social conflict provided sites for complications of those narratives, and that works of historical literature offer some of the most revealing glimpses into the nature of. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 312 pages). |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780817380205 0817380205 |