The Romance of Real Life: Charles Brockden Brown and the Origins of American Culture
Author:   Steven Watts (University of Missouri)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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Pages:   274
Publication Date:   26 January 2020
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The Romance of Real Life: Charles Brockden Brown and the Origins of American Culture


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Author:   Steven Watts (University of Missouri)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9781421436029


ISBN 10:   1421436027
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   26 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Novel and the Market in the Early Republic Chapter 2. The Lawyer and the Rhapsodist Chapter 3. The Young Artist as Social Visionary Chapter 4. The Major Novels (I): Fiction and Fragmentation Chapter 5. The Major Novels (II): Deception and Disintegration Chapter 6. The Writer as Bourgeois Moralist Chapter 7. The Writer and the Liberal Ego Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

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Bright and literate. -Stephen F. Pickering, Journal of the Early Republic


Bright and literate. -- Stephen F. Pickering * Journal of the Early Republic *


Author Information

Steven Watts is a professor of American intellectual and cultural history at the University of Missouri. He has contributed to the New York Times, Washington Post, and the New Republic. He is the author of Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream and The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century.

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