“Who Can Estimate the Value of a Book!”: Buying and Owning Books in Antebellum Domestic Fiction

This paper explores the role of books in American antebellum domestic fiction. Written primarily for middle-class readers, domestic fiction offers advice on how to create an ideal home and in these ideal homes the presence of books is necessary. In an era plagued by a volatile national economy, mone...

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Glavni avtor:	McElwee, Johanna
Format:	Artigo
Izdano:	European Association for American Studies 2017
Teme:	domesticity Eliza Leslie Catharine Maria Sedgwick Susan Warner antebellum consumerism domestic fiction middle-class ideals role of book
Online dostop:	https://doi.org/10.4000/ejas.12015 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/fml7 https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12015
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