عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
PS374.S67 S36 2008eb
PS374
.
S67
S36
2008eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1587297582
(Number (ISBN
9781587297588
Erroneous ISBN
1587296942
Erroneous ISBN
9781587296949
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b766219
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Reforming the world :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
social activism and the problem of fiction in nineteenth-century America /
First Statement of Responsibility
María Carla Sánchez.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Iowa City :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Iowa Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Reforming the World considers the intricate relationship between social reform and spiritual elevation and the development of fiction in the antebellum United States. Arguing that novels of the era engaged with questions about the proper role of fiction taking place at the time, Maria Carla Sánchez illuminates the politically and socially motivated involvement of men and women in shaping ideas about the role of literature in debates about abolition, moral reform, temperance, and protest work. She concludes that, whereas American Puritans had viewed novels as risqué and grotesque, antebellum re.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/ctt20m5q0f
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Reforming the world.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Social change in literature.
Social problems in literature.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
Literature and society.
Social change in literature.
Social problems in literature.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
LIT-- 004020
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LIT004020
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
810
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9003
22
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PS374
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S67
Book number
S36
2008eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Sánchez, María Carla,1968-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201206113512.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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