Master Plots : Race and the Founding of an American Literature, 1787-1845
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"Engaging and intriguing." -- Susan Kurjiaka, American Literature
"This insightful volume complements the numerous critical studies that have shown how U.S. authors before the Civil War wished to create a literature different from European models. Gardner persuasively argues that many writers attempted to invent a national identity by defining 'American' in racial terms." -- Choice
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"Master Plots is an intelligent and thoughtful study of the racial aspects of identity raised by formative American writers like Royall Tyler, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, and Frederick Douglass. Addressing issues such as the alien and naturalization laws, and the formation of a new nation in response to issues such as slavery and the Native American, it will appeal to scholars of American literature, American studies, and history, and should be a recommended book for graduate courses in the field." -- Shirley Samuels, Cornell University
Master Plots : Race and the Founding of an American Literature, 1787-1845
Master Plots: Race and the Founding of an American Literature, 1787-1845,Jared Gardner,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801865387,American - General,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,American English,English,Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries,Literary studies: 19th century,Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries,Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century,USA
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