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Critical Fictions: Sentiment and the American Market, 1780-1870
Joseph Fichtelberg
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Hardcover. Past studies have discussed antebellum and early national sentimental literature by and about women as a retreat from, or criticism of, the burgeoning market. This work examines how this literature actually helped to bring market behaviours into maturity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; DSBB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Past studies have discussed antebellum and early national sentimental literature by and about women as a retreat from, or criticism of, the burgeoning market. In this landmark study, Joseph Fichtelberg examines how this literature actually helped to bring market behaviors into maturity. Between 1780 and 1870, Americans endured no fewer than seventeen economic depressions. Each one generated sentimental outpourings in which women came to personify the travails of the marketplace. In the early national period, novels like Martha Meredith Read's Margaretta and Isaac Mitchell's The Asylum depicted resolute heroines who soothed national ills with virtuous vulnerability. While men often languished ... Read more
Past studies have discussed antebellum and early national sentimental literature by and about women as a retreat from, or criticism of, the burgeoning market. In this landmark study, Joseph Fichtelberg examines how this literature actually helped to bring market behaviors into maturity. Between 1780 and 1870, Americans endured no fewer than seventeen economic depressions. Each one generated sentimental outpourings in which women came to personify the travails of the marketplace. In the early national period, novels like Martha Meredith Read's Margaretta and Isaac Mitchell's The Asylum depicted resolute heroines who soothed national ills with virtuous vulnerability. While men often languished ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820324340
SKU
V9780820324340
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About Joseph Fichtelberg
JOSEPH FICHTELBERG is an associate professor of English at Hofstra University.
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