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1011849
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b766219
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| Main Entry
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Sánchez, María Carla,1968-
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Reforming the world : : social activism and the problem of fiction in nineteenth-century America /\ María Carla Sánchez.
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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City :: University of Iowa Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages)
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1587297582
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: 9781587297588
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1587296942
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9781587296949
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.
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| Contents
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The devil and his angels -- The panic of 1837 and the failures of literary men -- Sentimentalizing the fallen woman -- Making history with Child and Stowe -- Saying goodbye to Timothy Shay Arthur.
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| Abstract
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Reforming the World considers the intricate relationship between social reform and spiritual elevation and the development of fiction in the antebellum United States. Arguing that novels of the era engaged with questions about the proper role of fiction taking place at the time, Maria Carla Sánchez illuminates the politically and socially motivated involvement of men and women in shaping ideas about the role of literature in debates about abolition, moral reform, temperance, and protest work. She concludes that, whereas American Puritans had viewed novels as risqué and grotesque, antebellum re.
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American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Social change in literature.
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Social problems in literature.
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American fiction.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature and society.
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Social change in literature.
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Social problems in literature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9003 22
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PS374.S67S36 2008eb
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