Antebellum Sensational Novels and Subversion of Domesticity
With the sensational novels of the 1840s, a new genre of popular fiction focused on life in cities appeared in America. Through grotesque humor, repulsive images and at times extreme perversity the authors of these novels intended to unmask the corruption and decadence of the ruling class. The firs...
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University of Pardubice
2010-12-01
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| Serier: | American and British Studies Annual |
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| Online adgang: | https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2174 |