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Emergent worlds : alternative states in nineteenth-century America culture /

Edward Sugden's "Emergent Worlds" explores the topics of so-called "interludes" in various books that have originated in nineteenth-century America.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sugden, Edward (Edward Alexander), 1986- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2018]
Series:America and the long 19th century.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Political and social views.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Social change in literature.
Literature and history > United States.
America > History > 19th century.
Social change > History > 19th century.
Political culture > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: interstitial states in the oceanic nineteenth century
  • Transition states in the chaotic Pacific, 1812-1848
  • Suspended states in the long Caribbean, 1791-1861
  • Threshold states in the immigrant Atlantic, 1789-1857
  • Coda: Ishmael in the water.