Family, Kinship, and Sympathy in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Family, Kinship, and Sympathy in Nineteenth-Century American Literature By Cindy Weinstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2005 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0521842530 | PDF | 1 MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2005 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0521842530 | PDF | 1 MB
Cindy Weinstein radically revises our understanding of nineteenth-century sentimental literature. Arguing that these novels are far more complex than critics have suggested, Weinstein expands the archive of sentimental novels to include some of the more popular, though under-examined writers, and shows how canonical texts can take on new meaning when read in the context of these novels. She demonstrates the aesthetic and political complexities of this influential genre and its impact on Stowe, Twain and Melville.