Critical fictions
Subtitle: sentiment and the American market, 1780-1870
By: Joseph Fichtelberg.
Series: Critical fictions: sentiment and the American market, 1780-
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: American prose literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism.; Sentimentalism in literature.; American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Social problems in literature.; Middle class in literature.; Liberalism in literature.; Sympathy in literature.; Emotions in literature.
Description: "A crucial addition to American literary criticism on sentimental literature, Critical Fictions is a groundbreaking analysis of the relations between commercial and sentimental discourses in early American literature and a history of early American economics. It will appeal to specialists as well as to the general reader interested in how American culture has portrayed women in ways that express its deepest needs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.