Civic myths
Subtitle: a law-and-literature approach to citizenship
By: by Brook Thomas.
Series: Cultural studies of the United States
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807831533; 9780807858462
Subjects: American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Citizenship in literature; Citizenship -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : working on/with civic myths; title: The scarlet letter : the good citizen, transgression, and civil society; title: "The man without a country" : the patriotic citizen, Lincoln, and civil liberties; title: Ex parte Milligan : civil liberties v. civil rights; title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : the independent citizen, mugwumpery, and civil rights; title: China men : the immigrant citizen, Wong Kim Ark, and civil talk; title: Conclusion : keeping discussions of U.S. citizenship open.