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The national uncanny : Indian ghosts and American subjects / Renée L. Bergland.
Record details
- ISBN: 0874519438 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780874519433 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0874519446 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780874519440 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 199 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College : c2000.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Acknowledgments -- 1. Indian ghosts and American subjects -- pt. 1. Possession and dispossession -- 2. Summoning the invisible world: from the Jeremiad to the Phantasmagoria -- 3. The haunted American enlightenment -- 4. "The diseased state of the public mind": Brown, Irving, and Woodworth -- pt. 2. Erotic politics -- 5. Contesting the frontier romance: Child and Cooper -- 6. The phantom lovers of Hobomok -- 7. Cooper's gaze -- pt. 3. Race, history, nation -- 8. William Apess and Nathaniel Hawthorne -- 9. William Apess's "Tale of blood" -- 10. Haunted Hawthorne -- 11. Conclusion.
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- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Indians in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Ghost stories, American > History and criticism.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Supernatural in literature.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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