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995262
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b749632
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Railton, Ben,1977-
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| Title & Author
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Contesting the past, reconstructing the nation : : American literature and culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893 /\ Ben Railton.
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
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1 online resource (xii, 312 pages)
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| ISBN
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0817380205
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: 9780817380205
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0817315802
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9780817315801
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.
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| Contents
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"He wouldn't ever dared to talk such talk in his life before" : dialect slavery, and the race question -- "If we had known how to write, we would have put all these things down and they would not have been forgotten" : silenced voices, forgotten, histories, and the Indian question -- "That's the worst of being a woman. What you go through can't be told" : Private histories, public voices, and the woman question -- "Quite the southern version" : the lure of alternative voices and histories of the southern question -- "The way they talked in New Orleans in those days" : voice and history in and on The grandissimes.
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In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Ben Railton proposes that in the years after Reconstruction, America's identity was often contested through distinct and competing conceptions of the nation's history. Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation argues that the United States moved toward unifying and univocal historical narratives in the years between the Centennial and Columbian Expositions, that ongoing social conflict provided sites for complications of those narratives, and that works of historical literature offer some of the most revealing glimpses into the nature of.
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American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Race in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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American literature.
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Kultur
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literatur
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Literature and society.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Race in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Caractère national américain-- Dans la littérature.
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Histoire-- Dans la littérature.
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Littérature et société-- États-Unis-- 1870-1914.
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Littérature américaine-- 1870-1914-- Thèmes, motifs.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/358
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| LC Classification
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PS214.R35 2007eb
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