Title Imagining equality in nineteenth-century American literature / Kerry Larson

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 156 Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 156. Contents Indestructible equality -- Inequality in theory -- The precise spirit of the average mass -- Comparatively speaking -- Transcending friendships -- The common tradition Summary "Kerry Larson advocates the importance of looking instead at equality as a central theme, viewing it not as an endangered ideal to strive for and protect but as an imagined social reality in its own right, one with far-reaching consequences. In this original study, he reads the literature of the pre-Civil War United States against Tocqueville's theories of equality."--[book cover] Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-208) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Equality in literature. Democracy in literature. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Democracy in literature Equality in literature Literature and society Gleichstellung Soziale Ungleichheit Motiv Literatur Gleichberechtigung Motiv United States USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781107322172 1107322170 9780511720079 0511720076 1107202019 9781107202016 1139810774 9781139810777 1107316782 9781107316782 1107317754 9781107317758 1299399851 9781299399853 1107315824 9781107315822

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