Messing with romance
Ackermann, Zeno.
Messing with romance American poetics and antebellum southern fiction / [electronic resource] : Zeno Ackermann. - Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2012. - x, 229 p. - Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Bd. 51 1615-925X ; .
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction -- 2. A catastrophic commencement: George Tucker's The valley of Shenandoah (1824) -- 3. Salvational hybridizations: John P. Kennedy's Swallow barn (1832) -- 4. Titling the balance: Kennedy's and Caruthers' historical romances (1834-45) -- 5. Sacrificing dialectics: William G. Simms's The partisan (1835) -- 6. From "romance" to real politics: Nathaniel B. Tucker's The partisan leader (1836) -- 7. The breaking point: "Romance" and the market revolution (1837-51) -- 8. From ethos to pathos: William G. Simms's Woodcraft (1852-54) -- 9. The "romance" of contingency: John E. Cooke's Virginia comedians (1854) -- 10. Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American fiction--History and criticism.--Southern States--19th century
Love stories, American--History and criticism.--Southern States--19th century
Romanticism--Southern States.
Plantation life in literature.
Electronic books.
PS261 / .A25 2012eb
Messing with romance American poetics and antebellum southern fiction / [electronic resource] : Zeno Ackermann. - Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2012. - x, 229 p. - Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Bd. 51 1615-925X ; .
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction -- 2. A catastrophic commencement: George Tucker's The valley of Shenandoah (1824) -- 3. Salvational hybridizations: John P. Kennedy's Swallow barn (1832) -- 4. Titling the balance: Kennedy's and Caruthers' historical romances (1834-45) -- 5. Sacrificing dialectics: William G. Simms's The partisan (1835) -- 6. From "romance" to real politics: Nathaniel B. Tucker's The partisan leader (1836) -- 7. The breaking point: "Romance" and the market revolution (1837-51) -- 8. From ethos to pathos: William G. Simms's Woodcraft (1852-54) -- 9. The "romance" of contingency: John E. Cooke's Virginia comedians (1854) -- 10. Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American fiction--History and criticism.--Southern States--19th century
Love stories, American--History and criticism.--Southern States--19th century
Romanticism--Southern States.
Plantation life in literature.
Electronic books.
PS261 / .A25 2012eb