LEADER 03603nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910455035303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8257-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774903 035 $a(EBL)454505 035 $a(OCoLC)424521930 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101990 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11116684 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101990 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10048518 035 $a(PQKB)11132789 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454505 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8684 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454505 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309853 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774903 100 $a20050617d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe American counterfeit$b[electronic resource] $eauthenticity and identity in American literature and culture /$fMary McAleer Balkun 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1497-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aFakery, authenticity, and identity in American literature and culture at the turn of the 20th century Focusing on texts written between 1880 and 1930, Mary McAleer Balkun explores the concept of the "counterfeit," both in terms of material goods and invented identities, and the ways that the acquisition of objects came to define individuals in American culture and literature. Counterfeiting is, in one sense, about the creation of something that appears authentic-an invented self, a museum display, a forged work of art. But the counterfeit can also be a means by which the authentic 410 0$aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism. 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCounterfeits and counterfeiting in literature 606 $aAmerican literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthenticity (Philosophy) in literature 606 $aImpostors and imposture in literature 606 $aIdentity (Psychology) in literature 606 $aPassing (Identity) in literature 606 $aSelf in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCounterfeits and counterfeiting in literature. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthenticity (Philosophy) in literature. 615 0$aImpostors and imposture in literature. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aPassing (Identity) in literature. 615 0$aSelf in literature. 676 $a810.9/353 700 $aBalkun$b Mary McAleer$0855898 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455035303321 996 $aThe American counterfeit$91910961 997 $aUNINA