Danger and vulnerability in nineteenth-century american literature: crash and burn
Auteur :
Travis, Jennifer
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781498563413
Date de publication :
12 mars 2018
Dimensions :
24,2 x 15,7 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
435 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book reads nineteenth-century American literature in the context of emerging technologies, laws, and industries. By engaging ideas about risk and vulnerability, literature showed a shift in America’s cultural ethos from lauding autonomy and mastery to promoting a sympathetic state and encouraging new forms of cultural recompense.