- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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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