American Literature
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The Transatlantic Materials of American Literature: Publishing US Writing in Britain, 1830–1860 | During the antebellum period, British publishers increasingly brought out their own authorized and unauthorized editions of American literary works as the popularity of print exploded and literacy rates grew. American fiction, poetry, essays, and autobiographies appeared in a wide variety of material forms and print genres, from prestigious three-volume novels, to illustrated Christmas books, and weekly periodicals. |
Geography Schoolbooks and Nation Formation in the Antebellum United States | ||
'To fight aloud is very brave': American Poetry and the Civil War | ||
Tolerable Entertainment: Herman Melville, the Literary Profession, and the Cultural Life of Antebellum New York | ||
Raced Collaboration: The Idea of Authorship and Early African American and Native American Literature |