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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524894703321

Autore

Anthony David <1964->

Titolo

Paper Money Men : Commerce, Manhood, and the Sensational Sphere in Antebellum America / / David Anthony

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-8142-7139-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 225 p. :) : ill. ;

Soggetti

Sensationalism in literature

Masculinity - Economic aspects - United States

Wealth in literature

Money in literature

Masculinity in literature

Economics in literature

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Sleepy hollow," gothic masculinity, and the panic of 1819 -- Shylock on Wall Street; or, the Jessica complex in antebellum sensationalism -- Banking on emotion: debt and male submission in the urban gothic -- Tabloid manhood, speculative femininity -- "Success" and race in the House of the seven gables.