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A House Undivided: Domesticity and Community in American Literature
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A House Undivided: Domesticity and Community in American Literature
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Douglas Anderson
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| Series | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:252 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - from c 1900 - |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521107303
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| Classifications | Dewey:810.9355 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
2 April 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
A whole range of major American writers have focused on images of the household, of domestic virtue, and the feminine or feminized hero. This important 1990 book examines the persistence and flexibility of such themes in the work of a tradition of classic writers from Ann Bradstreet through Jefferson and Franklin to Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Without minimizing the differences that divide these figures, Anderson shows the extent to which, in their various circumstances, they were all committed to a common enterprise - a social and cultural reconstruction based on the domestic values of the ideal private household.
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