Mixed bloods and other crosses : rethinking American literature from the Revolution to the culture wars /
Erkkila, Betsy,1944-
Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-244) and index.
Blood, sex, and other American crosses -- Mixed bloods: Jefferson, revolution, and the boundaries of America -- Revolutionary women -- The poetics of whiteness: Poe and the racial imaginary -- Whitman and the homosexual republic -- Emily Dickinson and class -- Beyond the boundaries: C.L.R. James to Herman Melville.
American literature
Literature and society
Racially mixed people in literature.
Social conflict in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Violence in literature.
Racism in literature.