The National Uncanny [[electronic resource] ] : Indian Ghosts and American Subjects

• Autore: Bergland Renée L
• Pubblicazione: Lebanon, : Dartmouth College Press, 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/3520397
• Soggetto topico: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Frontier and pioneer life in literature; Ghost stories, American -- History and criticism; Indians in literature; Supernatural in literature; American literature - History and criticism - 19th century; Indians in literature - History and criticism - 20th century; American literature - History and criticism; Ghost stories, American; English; Languages & Literatures; American Literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BerglandRenâee L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 | Indian Ghosts and American Subjects; Part One: Possession and Dispossession; 2 | Summoning the Invisible World: From the Jeremiad to the Phantasmagoria; 3 | The Haunted American Enlightenment; 4 | "The Diseased State of the Public Mind": Brown, Irving, and Woodworth; Part Two: Erotic Politics; 5 | Contesting the Frontier Romance: Child and Cooper; 6 | The Phantom Lovers of Hobomok; 7 | Cooper's Gaze; Part Three: Race, History, Nation; 8 | William Apess and Nathaniel Hawthorne; 9 | William Apess's "Tale of Blood"; 10 | Haunted Hawthorne ; 11 | ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A unique look at Native American ghosts and US literature.
• Titolo autorizzato: The National Uncanny
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464022203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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