Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-188) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: building an American memory of literature, 1750-1850 -- Remembering literature in early America: transatlanticism, cultural memory, and its media -- Virtual museums: the literary magazine and transatlantic periodical culture -- Of gems, beauties, and relics: anthologies in early America -- Early forms of literary historiography in America: literary histories as narrative anthologies -- Conclusion.
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