Afterword: the novel and America abroad now. Uncle Tom's Cabin and the unprivileged public sphere -- Ben-Hur: spectacles of belief -- British authorship, American advertising -- Questionable Americans abroad -- Unknowing American realism: Uncle Tom's Cabin to Henry James, James Weldon Johnson, and James Baldwin -- Afterword: the novel and America abroad now.
Summary:
"Examining reactions to bestselling fiction in America from 1850-1920, the period in which popular novels became national phenomena, Guilty Pleasures argues that ambivalence about public taste sparked a wide-ranging exploration of individualism and national identity"-- Provided by publisher.
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