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The fabrication of American literature [[electronic resource] ] : fraudulence and antebellum print culture / / Lara Langer Cohen
| The fabrication of American literature [[electronic resource] ] : fraudulence and antebellum print culture / / Lara Langer Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Lara Langer |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/003 |
| Collana | Material Texts |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 1783-1850 - History and criticism
Truthfulness and falsehood in literature Fraud in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89117-4
0-8122-0519-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. American Literary Fraudulence -- Chapter 1. ''One Vast Perambulating Humbug'': Literary Nationalism and the Rise of the Puffing System -- Chapter 2. Backwoods and Blackface: The Strange Careers of Davy Crockett and Jim Crow -- Chapter 3. ''Slavery Never Can Be Represented'': James Williams and the Racial Politics of Imposture -- Chapter 4. Mediums of Exchange: Fanny Fern's Unoriginality -- Conclusion. The Confidence Man on a Large Scale -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463877103321 |
Cohen Lara Langer
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The fabrication of American literature [[electronic resource] ] : fraudulence and antebellum print culture / / Lara Langer Cohen
| The fabrication of American literature [[electronic resource] ] : fraudulence and antebellum print culture / / Lara Langer Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Lara Langer |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/003 |
| Collana | Material Texts |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 1783-1850 - History and criticism
Truthfulness and falsehood in literature Fraud in literature |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cultural Studies
Literature |
| ISBN |
1-283-89117-4
0-8122-0519-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. American Literary Fraudulence -- Chapter 1. ''One Vast Perambulating Humbug'': Literary Nationalism and the Rise of the Puffing System -- Chapter 2. Backwoods and Blackface: The Strange Careers of Davy Crockett and Jim Crow -- Chapter 3. ''Slavery Never Can Be Represented'': James Williams and the Racial Politics of Imposture -- Chapter 4. Mediums of Exchange: Fanny Fern's Unoriginality -- Conclusion. The Confidence Man on a Large Scale -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788669403321 |
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Cohen Lara Langer
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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