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" History, abolition, and the ever-present now in Antebellum American writing / "
Jeffrey Insko.
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873951
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Insko, Jeffrey
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History, abolition, and the ever-present now in Antebellum American writing /\ Jeffrey Insko.
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First edition.
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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Oxford studies in American literary history
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1 online resource
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0191864285
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0198825641
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9780198825647
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction -- Part I : Deformations of history -- Diedrich Knickerbocker, regular bred historian -- Unhistorical fictions : Sedgwick and Neal -- Part II : Reformations of the present -- Emerson's strong present tense -- Frederick Douglass's historical turn -- Israel Potter; or, hither and thither history -- Coda.
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Examines the meaning and possibilities of the present and its relationship to history and historicity in the writings of several familiar figures in antebellum US literary history.
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American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Authors, American-- 19th century.
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History in literature.
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Politics and literature-- United States.
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Slavery in literature.
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American literature.
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Authors, American.
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History in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Politics and literature.
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Slavery in literature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9358
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PS217.H57
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PS217.S55I57 2018
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