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Record Nr.

UNINA9911142716803321

Autore

Crowell Ellen

Titolo

The dandy in Irish and American Southern fiction : aristocratic drag / / Ellen Crowell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7486-5205-1

1-281-25199-2

9786611251994

0-7486-3101-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures

Classificazione

HG 431

Disciplina

823.809352621

Soggetti

English fiction - Irish authors - History and criticism

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

American fiction - Southern States - History and criticism

Dandies in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Oaks, Serpents and Dandies; 2. The Picture of Charles Bon; 3. Ferocious Beauty; Epilogue; Works Cited and Consulted; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book identifies and interprets the longstanding  transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South.