Messing with romance [electronic resource] : American poetics and antebellum southern fiction / Zeno Ackermann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik ; Bd. 51Publication details: Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2012.Description: x, 229 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PS261 .A25 2012eb
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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