03570nam 2200709 a 450 991077806420332120200520144314.00-8173-8257-7(CKB)1000000000774903(EBL)454505(OCoLC)424521930(SSID)ssj0000101990(PQKBManifestationID)11116684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101990(PQKBWorkID)10048518(PQKB)11132789(MdBmJHUP)muse8684(Au-PeEL)EBL454505(CaPaEBR)ebr10309853(MiAaPQ)EBC454505(EXLCZ)99100000000077490320050617d2006 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe American counterfeit[electronic resource] authenticity and identity in American literature and culture /Mary McAleer BalkunTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (196 p.)Studies in American literary realism and naturalismDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1497-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.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.Fakery, authenticity, and identity in American literature and culture at the turn of the 20th century Focusing on texts written between 1880 and 1930, Mary McAleer Balkun explores the concept of the "counterfeit," both in terms of material goods and invented identities, and the ways that the acquisition of objects came to define individuals in American culture and literature. Counterfeiting is, in one sense, about the creation of something that appears authentic-an invented self, a museum display, a forged work of art. But the counterfeit can also be a means by which the authenticStudies in American literary realism and naturalism.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCounterfeits and counterfeiting in literatureAmerican literature19th centuryHistory and criticismAuthenticity (Philosophy) in literatureImpostors and imposture in literatureIdentity (Psychology) in literaturePassing (Identity) in literatureSelf in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature.American literatureHistory and criticism.Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.Impostors and imposture in literature.Identity (Psychology) in literature.Passing (Identity) in literature.Self in literature.810.9/353Balkun Mary McAleer1111214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778064203321The American counterfeit3762683UNINA