Ruthless democracy : a multicultural interpretation of the American renaissance /
Powell, Timothy B.,1959-
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.
Nathaniel Hawthorne: history imagined "fantastically awry" -- John Rollin Ridge: extending the borders of "America" from New England to Alta California -- Henry David Thoreau: "the only true America" -- Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's cabin and the question of the American colonization society -- William Wells Brown: mapping the American diaspora -- Herman Melville: ruthless democracy.
American literature
Literature and society
American literature
Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.