Intimacy and Family in Early American Writing
| Author | : E. Burleigh |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 175 |
| Release | : 2014-05-21 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137404084 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137404086 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Intimacy and Family in Early American Writing by : E. Burleigh
Download or read book Intimacy and Family in Early American Writing written by E. Burleigh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the prism of intimacy, Burleigh sheds light on eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century American texts. This insightful study shows how the trope of the family recurred to produce contradictory images - both intimately familiar and frighteningly alienating - through which Americans responded to upheavals in their cultural landscape.
