Romances of the republic : women, the family, and violence in the literature of the early American nation

Summary: Samuels looks at the relations among sexual, political, and familial rhetoric in American writing from 1790 to the 1850s. With a special focus on the depictions of the American Revolution and the use of the family as model and instrument of political forces, she examines how the historical novel formalizes some of the more extravagant features of the gothic novel while incorporating a sentimental vision of the family.

Record details

ISBN: 6610443262
ISBN: 9786610443260
ISBN: 9781280443268
ISBN: 128044326X
ISBN: 9781423764908
ISBN: 1423764900
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.