Master Plots
Subtitle: Race and the Founding of an American Literature, 1787-1845
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780801865381
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; English; Literary Criticism; USA; American - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / American
First sentence: In 1826 James Madison wrote, "Next to the case of the black race within our bosom, that of the red on our borders is the problem most baffling to the policy of our country."