Paper money men
Subtitle: commerce, manhood, and the sensational public sphere in antebellum America
By: David Anthony.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814211106; 9780814292075
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Economics in literature; Masculinity in literature; Money in literature; Wealth in literature; Masculinity -- Economic aspects -- United States; Sensationalism in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Sleepy hollow," gothic masculinity, and the panic of 1819; title: Shylock on Wall Street; or, the Jessica complex in antebellum sensationalism; title: Banking on emotion: debt and male submission in the urban gothic; title: Tabloid manhood, speculative femininity; title: "Success" and race in the House of the seven gables.