{"product_id":"authority-autonomy-and-representation-in-american-literature-17761865-9780691601854","title":"Authority Autonomy and Representation in American","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359114592599,"sku":"9780691601854","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691601854.jpg?v=1754123644","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/authority-autonomy-and-representation-in-american-literature-17761865-9780691601854","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}