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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Huvudupphovsman: Jozef Pecina
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: University of Pardubice 2010-12-01
Serie:American and British Studies Annual
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Länkar:https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2174