Reforming the world [electronic resource] : social activism and the problem of fiction in nineteenth-century America /

Sánchez, María Carla, 1968-

Reforming the world social activism and the problem of fiction in nineteenth-century America / [electronic resource] : María Carla Sánchez. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2008. - xiii, 240 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
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American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Social change in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic books.

PS374.S67 / S36 2008eb

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