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Author:

Koenigs, Thomas, 1985- author.

Title:

Founded in fiction : the uses of fiction in the early United States / Thomas Koenigs.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

vii, 325 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

1700-1899
American fiction--18th century--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
American fiction--19th century--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Literature and society--United States--History--18th century.
Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.
Politics and literature.
Social problems in literature.
Literature and society.
Politics and literature.
Social problems in literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The problem of fictionality and the nonfictional novel -- Republican fictions -- Fictionality and female conduct -- The shifting logics of historical fiction -- Hoaxing in an age of novels -- Fictionality and social criticism -- Fictionality, slavery, and intersubjective knowledge -- Coda : romance and reality in the 1850s and beyond.

Summary:

"This monograph presents a new history of early American literature that traces the diverse forms of fiction circulating in the early United States (1789-1861) and how they shaped the way Americans thought and argued about political and cultural issues of their age"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0691188947
9780691188942

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1201298520

LCCN:

2020045233

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)