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The Plight of Feeling : Sympathy and Dissent in the Early American Novel
The Plight of Feeling Sympathy and Dissent in the Early American Novel
Author: Julia A. Stern
American novels written in the wake of the Revolution overflow with self-conscious theatricality and impassioned excess. In The Plight of Feeling, Julia A. Stern shows that these sentimental, melodramatic, and gothic works can be read as an emotional history of the early republic, reflecting the hate, anger, fear, and grief that tormented...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226773100
ISBN-10: 0226773108
Publication Date: 11/24/1997
Pages: 320
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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