| Description |
1 online resource (x, 273 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 103 |
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 103.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the historicity of historical fiction -- The new Ebenezer: republican virtue, the puritan fathers, and early national history-writing -- Catharine Sedgwick's 'Recital' of the Pequot War -- Refashioning the Republic: gender, ideology, and the politics of virtue in Hobomok and Hope Leslie -- The Hive of America: James Fenimore Cooper's The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish and the History of King Philip's War -- Witch-hunting and the politics of reason -- Afterword: American origins of puritan selves |
| Summary |
Philip Gould investigates the cultural politics of historical memory in the early American republic, specifically the historical literature of Puritanism. By situating historical writing about Puritanism in the context of the cultural forces of Republicanism and liberalism, his study reconsiders the emergence of the historical romance in the 1820s, before the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne. This 1997 book not only aids the Americanist recovery of this literary period, but also brings together literary studies of historical fiction and historical scholarship of early Republican political culture; in doing so, it offers a persuasive account of just what is at stake when one reads literature of and about the past |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Wept of Wish-ton-wish
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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867. Hope Leslie
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Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. Hobomok
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Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880. cct |
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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867. cct |
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Cooper, James Fenimore., 1789-1851. cct |
| Subject |
Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Puritans -- United States -- Historiography
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Puritan movements in literature.
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Puritans in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Puritans -- United States -- Historiography.
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Puritan movements in literature.
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Puritans in literature.
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Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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American fiction
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Historical fiction, American
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Literature and history
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Politics and literature
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Puritan movements in literature
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Puritans -- Historiography
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Puritans in literature
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511003714 |
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9780511003714 |
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9780521554992 |
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0521554993 |
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