{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-nineteenth-century-american-literature-and-politics-paperback-softback-9781108815260","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108815260","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume addresses the political contexts in which nineteenth-century U.S. literature was conceived, consumed, and criticized.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn D. Kerkering (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108815260, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e403 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15 x 2.5 cm, 0.591 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an excellent study.' David McAllister, Victorian Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Politics addresses the political contexts in which nineteenth-century American literature was conceived, consumed, and criticized. Individual chapters examine how US literature from this period engaged with broad political concepts and urgent political issues, such as liberalism, conservatism, radicalism, nationalism, communitarianism, sovereignty, religious liberty, partisanship and factionalism, slavery, segregation, immigration, territorial disputes, voting rights, gendered spheres, and urban\/rural tensions.  Chapters on literary genres and forms show how poetry, drama, fiction, oratory, and nonfiction participated in political debate. The volume's introduction situates these chapters in relation to two larger disciplines, the history of political thought and literary history. This Companion provides a valuable resource for students and instructors interested in Nineteenth-Century American literature and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: politics and literary history John D. Kerkering\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Concepts: 1. The liberal tradition and slavery Arthur Riss\u003cbr\u003e 2. Conservatism: tradition, hierarchy, and fictions of social change Edward Whitley\u003cbr\u003e 3. The literature of radicalism J. Michelle Coghlan\u003cbr\u003e 4. Nationalism: character, identity, and hyphenated selfhood John D. Kerkering\u003cbr\u003e 5. Communitarianism and its literary contexts David Faflik\u003cbr\u003e 6. Constructing sovereignty through legal and religious discourses Rochelle Zuck\u003cbr\u003e 7. Religious reestablishment from pulpit to page Ashley Reed\u003cbr\u003e 8. Competing views of partisanship and factionalism Sandra Gustafson\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Issues: 9. Slavery: African American vigilance in slave narratives of the 1820s and 1830s Kelly Ross\u003cbr\u003e 10. Disfranchisement, segregation, and the rise of African American literature Kenneth Warren\u003cbr\u003e 11. Immigration: 'the Chinese question' in economics, law, and literature Spencer Tricker\u003cbr\u003e 12. Territoriality: the possessive logics of American placemaking Kathryn Walkiewicz\u003cbr\u003e 13. Voting rights: 'the most salient and peculiar point in our social life' Leslie Petty\u003cbr\u003e 14. Defining and defying a woman's sphere Monika Elbert\u003cbr\u003e 15. Beyond the custom of the country: rural scarcity and indigenous survivance John Funchion\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Genres: 16. Political poetics: intercrossing discourses and American belonging Shira Woloski\u003cbr\u003e 17. Staging debate in American drama: cheeses and politics and pigs Heather Nathans\u003cbr\u003e 18. The evolving modalities of fiction and politics Bert Emerson\u003cbr\u003e 19. Oratory: persuasion in performance Angela Ray\u003cbr\u003e 20. Authors on the campaign trail: 'we are politicians now' John Hay\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of major works and events\u003cbr\u003e Suggestions for further reading\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509191995672,"sku":"9781108815260","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108815260i.jpg?v=1786496902","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-nineteenth-century-american-literature-and-politics-paperback-softback-9781108815260","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}