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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464022203321

Autore

Bergland ReneĢe L

Titolo

The National Uncanny [[electronic resource] ] : Indian Ghosts and American Subjects

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lebanon, : Dartmouth College Press, 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas

Disciplina

810.9/3520397

Soggetti

American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism

American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Frontier and pioneer life in literature

Ghost stories, American -- History and criticism

Indians in literature

Supernatural in literature

American literature - History and criticism - 19th century

Indians in literature - History and criticism - 20th century

American literature - History and criticism

Ghost stories, American

English

Languages & Literatures

American Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 | Indian Ghosts and American Subjects; Part One: Possession and Dispossession; 2 | Summoning the Invisible World: From the Jeremiad to the Phantasmagoria; 3 | The Haunted American Enlightenment; 4 | "The Diseased State of the Public Mind": Brown, Irving, and Woodworth; Part Two: Erotic Politics; 5 | Contesting the Frontier Romance: Child and Cooper; 6 | The Phantom Lovers of Hobomok; 7 | Cooper's Gaze; Part Three: Race, History, Nation; 8 | William Apess and Nathaniel Hawthorne; 9 | William Apess's "Tale of Blood"; 10 | Haunted Hawthorne



11 | ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A unique look at Native American ghosts and US literature.