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The Troubled Union : Expansionist Imperatives in Post-Reconstruction American Novels /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	González, John Morán
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2010.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, > 1832-1895. James, Henry, > 1843-1916. Jackson, Helen Hunt, > 1830-1885. James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation. Jackson, Helen Hunt, > 1830-1885 > Criticism and interpretation. Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, > 1832-1895 > Criticism and interpretation. National characteristics, American, in literature. American literature. American fiction. Allegory. Roman americain > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique. Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique. Allegorie. American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : the historical crisis of post-Reconstruction national allegory
Speaking American : Henry James and the dialect of modernity
The hidden power : domesticity, national allegory, and empire in Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona
Blushing brides and soulless corporations : racial formation in María Amparo Ruiz de Burton's The squatter and the don
Epilogue : decentering national allegory.