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From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, a familiar scene appears and reappears in American literature: a speaker stands before a crowd of men and women, attempting to mitigate their natural suspicions in order to form a body of federated wills. In this important study of the relationship of literature and politics, Mark Patterson argues that t



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION, pg. xv*ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS, pg. xxix*Chapter One. Benjamin Franklin and the Authority of Imitation, pg. 3*Chapter Two. Hugh Henry Brackenridge and Representation, pg. 34*Chapter Three. Charles Brockden Brown, Authority, and Intentionality, pg. 61*Chapter Four. Myth from the Perspective of History: James Fenimore Cooper and Paternal Authorities, pg. 81*Chapter Five. Ralph Waldo Emerson and the American Representative, pg. 137*Chapter Six. Herman Melville: The Authority of Confidence, pg. 189*Conclusion, pg. 240*Index, pg. 245

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 7/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691601854, 978-0691601854
      ISBN10: 0691601852
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      Book Synopsis

      From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, a familiar scene appears and reappears in American literature: a speaker stands before a crowd of men and women, attempting to mitigate their natural suspicions in order to form a body of federated wills. In this important study of the relationship of literature and politics, Mark Patterson argues that t



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION, pg. xv*ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS, pg. xxix*Chapter One. Benjamin Franklin and the Authority of Imitation, pg. 3*Chapter Two. Hugh Henry Brackenridge and Representation, pg. 34*Chapter Three. Charles Brockden Brown, Authority, and Intentionality, pg. 61*Chapter Four. Myth from the Perspective of History: James Fenimore Cooper and Paternal Authorities, pg. 81*Chapter Five. Ralph Waldo Emerson and the American Representative, pg. 137*Chapter Six. Herman Melville: The Authority of Confidence, pg. 189*Conclusion, pg. 240*Index, pg. 245

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