Title The American counterfeit : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture / Mary McAleer Balkun

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 181 pages) Series Studies in American literary realism and naturalism Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. Contents 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 Summary Focusing on texts written between 1880 and 1930, this book 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature. American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature. Impostors and imposture in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Passing (Identity) in literature. Self in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Impostors and imposture in literature Passing (Identity) in literature Self in literature Authenticiteit. Identiteit. Bedrog. Amerikaans. Bellettrie. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780817382575 0817382577

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