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Lacking a native language for expressing class differences, American writers in the wake of the European revolutions of 1848 struggled to find social taxonomies to capture apparent inequalities of wealth and power. This study charts the terms through which these writers rendered class distinctions.

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Lang's ability to move seamlessly between author and character, and her insistence on the relevance of class to both, offer an entirely new window into 19th-century literature. - Women's Review of Books ""Lang reveals how the ever-shifting problems of class identity in the United States can provide sophisticated structures for literary analysis. The result is an extremely well-written, solid, and sensitive work of literary and cultural history."" - Gavin Jones, Stanford University

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      Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 11/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472031818, 978-0472031818
      ISBN10: 0472031813
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lacking a native language for expressing class differences, American writers in the wake of the European revolutions of 1848 struggled to find social taxonomies to capture apparent inequalities of wealth and power. This study charts the terms through which these writers rendered class distinctions.

      Trade Review
      Lang's ability to move seamlessly between author and character, and her insistence on the relevance of class to both, offer an entirely new window into 19th-century literature. - Women's Review of Books ""Lang reveals how the ever-shifting problems of class identity in the United States can provide sophisticated structures for literary analysis. The result is an extremely well-written, solid, and sensitive work of literary and cultural history."" - Gavin Jones, Stanford University

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