Immigration, Ethnicity, and Class in American Writing, 1830–1860

Reading the Stranger

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
Cover of the book Immigration, Ethnicity, and Class in American Writing, 1830–1860 by Leonardo Buonomo, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Leonardo Buonomo ISBN: 9781611476538
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Publication: December 4, 2013
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Language: English
Author: Leonardo Buonomo
ISBN: 9781611476538
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publication: December 4, 2013
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Language: English

This book examines the close relationship between the portrayal of foreigners and the delineation of culture and identity in antebellum American writing. Both literary and historical in its approach, this study shows how, in a period marked by extensive immigration, heated debates on national and racial traits, during a flowering in American letters, encouraged responses from American authors to outsiders that not only contain precious insights into nineteenth-century America’s self-construction but also serve to illuminate our own time’s multicultural societies. The authors under consideration are alternately canonical (Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville), recently rediscovered (Kirkland), or simply neglected (Arthur). The texts analyzed cover such different genres as diaries, letters, newspapers, manuals, novels, stories, and poems.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book examines the close relationship between the portrayal of foreigners and the delineation of culture and identity in antebellum American writing. Both literary and historical in its approach, this study shows how, in a period marked by extensive immigration, heated debates on national and racial traits, during a flowering in American letters, encouraged responses from American authors to outsiders that not only contain precious insights into nineteenth-century America’s self-construction but also serve to illuminate our own time’s multicultural societies. The authors under consideration are alternately canonical (Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville), recently rediscovered (Kirkland), or simply neglected (Arthur). The texts analyzed cover such different genres as diaries, letters, newspapers, manuals, novels, stories, and poems.

More books from Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Cover of the book The Annotated Works of Henry George by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book The First Great Awakening by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Cabins in Modern Norwegian Literature by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book The Biafran Humanitarian Crisis, 1967–1970 by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Light as Experience and Imagination from Paleolithic to Roman Times by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Andrew Marvell, Sexual Orientation, and Seventeenth-Century Poetry by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Pinter’s World by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book The Cultures of Italian Migration by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Leo Strauss, Education, and Political Thought by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Stage Matters by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Dictatorships in the Hispanic World by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book The Life of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Avenging Lincoln’s Death by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors by Leonardo Buonomo
Cover of the book Coarseness in U.S. Public Communication by Leonardo Buonomo
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy