The American counterfeit : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Balkun, Mary McAleer
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Self in literature. Passing (Identity) in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Impostors and imposture in literature. Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930
Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity
"I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth
Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing
A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby.