women, the family, and violence in the literature of the early American nation /
Shirley Samuels.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Samuels looks at the relations among sexual, political, and familial rhetoric in American writing from 1790 to the 1850s. With a special focus on the depictions of the American Revolution and the use of the family as model and instrument of political forces, she examines how the historical novel formalizes some of the more extravagant features of the gothic novel while incorporating a sentimental vision of the family.
Romances of the republic.
0195079884
American fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- Male authors-- History and criticism.
Families in literature.
Historical fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Literature and society-- United States.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Violence in literature.
Women in literature.
American fiction-- Male authors.
American fiction.
Families in literature.
Historical fiction, American.
LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
Literature and society.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Violence in literature.
Women in literature.
United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Literature and the revolution.