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03127aam a2200469 i 4500 001 997B1E7CE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 160222s2016 ncua b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016008741 020 $a 1469629720 020 $a 9781469629728 020 $a 1469629712 020 $a 9781469629711 035 $a (OCoLC)945745582 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c NOC $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS195.E57 $b K55 2016 082 00 $a 810.9/003 $2 23 100 1 $a Kilgore, John Mac, $e author. 245 10 $a Mania for freedom : $b American literatures of enthusiasm from the Revolution to the Civil War / $c John Mac Kilgore. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xi, 284 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Enthusiasm, event, literature -- An answer to the question: "What is enthusiasm?" -- Rites of dissent: literatures of enthusiasm and the American Revolution -- Shaking hands with the prophet: the War of 1812 and Native American enthusiasms -- The revival of revolt: conjure, slave insurrection, and the novel of enthusiasm -- The free state of Whitman: John Brown, the Civil War, and the dis-memberment of enthusiasm in the 1860 Leaves of grass -- Epilogue: the tramp and strike question: terminal enthusiasms. 520 $a "In this study of literature in antebellum America, John Mac Kilgore argues that a distinct rhetorical tradition of enthusiasm emerged as a form of political dissent. This was literature written to confront normative values, to respond to critical injustice, and to incite revolt, if not broad change. Literary enthusiasm came to signify a particular form of protest among marginalized groups, including commoners, slaves, immigrants, Native Americans, women, and abolitionists. These dissenting voices, these enthusiasts, fought against what they viewed as tyranny while using their writings to forge international or anti-nationalistic political affiliations"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Enthusiasm in literature. 650 0 $a Protest literature, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American literature $y Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American literature $y 1783-1850 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American literature $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a American literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807113 650 7 $a American literature $x Revolutionary period (United States) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01711007 650 7 $a Enthusiasm in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00912708 650 7 $a Protest literature, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01079794 648 7 $a 1775-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180118024344.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170203031318.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=997B1E7CE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search