Balkun, Mary McAleer. <br/><br/>
The American counterfeit  authenticity and identity in American literature and culture /  [electronic resource] : 
Mary McAleer Balkun. 
 - Tuscaloosa :  University of Alabama Press,  c2006. 
 - xii, 181 p. 
 - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism .
 - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature.<br/>American literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.<br/>Impostors and imposture in literature.<br/>Identity (Psychology) in literature.<br/>Passing (Identity) in literature.<br/>Self in literature.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS228.C68  / B35 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9/353