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America's England : antebellum literature and Atlantic sectionalism /

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This text examines the manoeuvres through which US partisans encoded the turmoil of antebellum America in terms of English affiliation. Demonstrating that English genealogies, geographies, and economics encoded the sectional crisis for southern and northern Americans, it locates sectionalism in a br...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanlon, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Series:Oxford studies in American literary history.
Subjects:
American literature > English influences.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States > Civilization > British influences.
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life > 19th century.
United States > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > United States.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
États-Unis > Civilisation > Influence britannique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
American literature > English influences
Civilization > British influences
Intellectual life
International relations
English-speaking countries
Great Britain
United States
English.
Languages & Literatures.
American Literature.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Transatlantic bloodlines and English traits
  • Feeling free in medieval America
  • Picturing America
  • John Pendleton Kennedy's Plantation of the picturesque
  • Embodied eloquence, the Sumner assault, and the Transatlantic Cable
  • Henry Timrod's Global confederacy
  • Coda.