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Democracy's spectacle sovereignty and public life in antebellum American writing

Title
Democracy's spectacle [electronic resource] : sovereignty and public life in antebellum American writing / Jennifer Greiman.
Author
Greiman, Jennifer.
Publication
New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 276 p.)
Uniform Title
Democracy's spectacle (Online)
Alternative Title
Democracy's spectacle (Online)
Subject
  • American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century
  • Democracy in literature
  • Sovereignty in literature
  • Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century
  • Democracy > Psychological aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
"The thing is new": sovereignty and slavery in Democracy in America -- Color, race, and the spectacle of opinion in Beaumont's Marie -- "The hangman's accomplice": spectacle and complicity in Lydia Maria Child's New York -- The spectacle of reform: theater and prison in Hawthorne's Blithedale romance -- Theatricality, strangeness, and democracy in Melville's Confidence-man.
LCCN
2009036158
OCLC
ssj0000550846
Author
Greiman, Jennifer.
Title
Democracy's spectacle [electronic resource] : sovereignty and public life in antebellum American writing / Jennifer Greiman.
Imprint
New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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