Danger and Vulnerability in Nineteenth-century American Literature: Crash and Burn

by Jennifer Travis

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This bookreads nineteenth-century American literature in the context ofemergingtechnologies, 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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1498563430

ISBN13:9781498563437

Release Date:March 2020

Publisher:Lexington Books

Length:186 Pages

Weight:0.53 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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