Popular American literature of the 19th century
By: edited by Paul C. Gutjahr.
Contributors: Gutjahr, Paul C.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1220
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century; Popular literature -- United States; United States -- Civilization -- 19th century -- Literary collections
Genres: Literary collections.
Other titles: Popular American literature of the nineteenth century
Description: "This unique collection captures some of the excitement and diversity of the immensely prolific print culture that formed and framed nineteenth-century American life and thought. Gathering popular stories that tap into a variety of nineteenth-century American self-perceptions, fears, dreams, and longings, this resurrectionist work makes available material that is not readily available today but which was vital to the culture and daily conversations of the period. Popular American Literature of the 19th Century collects examples of a wide range of literature including tracts, plays, poems, gift books, dime novels, school books, and serialized newspaper novels. Featuring twenty-five works in their entirety and several more in extensive excerpts, it includes works by the American Tract Society, Catharine Esther Beecher, Bret Harte, Ik Marvel, William Holmes McGuffey, Maria Monk, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, E. D. E. N. Southworth, Mason Locke Weems, and many others. The selections cover many important themes including singleness and marriage, domesticity and gender roles, masculinity, proper conduct, social reform, temperance, religion, urban and rural life, race, slavery, class, science, business, and more. Ideal for courses in nineteenth-century American literature, surveys of American literature, and introductory courses in American studies, Popular American Literature of the 19th Century is also a rich resource for anyone interested in American popular culture"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.