The American counterfeit authenticity and identity in American literature and culture - Balkun, Mary McAleer; ebrary, Inc. (Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: 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; Electronic books