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The American counterfeit authenticity and identity in American literature and culture

Title
The American counterfeit [electronic resource] : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture / Mary McAleer Balkun.
Author
Balkun, Mary McAleer.
Publication
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 181 p.)
Series Statement
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Uniform Title
American counterfeit (Online)
Alternative Title
American counterfeit (Online)
Subject
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature
  • American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
  • Impostors and imposture in literature
  • Identity (Psychology) in literature
  • Passing (Identity) in literature
  • Self in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
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Contents
The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930 -- Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity -- "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth -- Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing -- A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby.
LCCN
2005017750
OCLC
ssj0000101990
Author
Balkun, Mary McAleer.
Title
The American counterfeit [electronic resource] : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture / Mary McAleer Balkun.
Imprint
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.
Series
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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