Book 12: Sensational Designs; The Cultural Work of American Fiction 1790-1860
Scope and Contents
The Cherokee Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections includes a large selection of periodicals from publications like the Cherokee Observer, The Cherokee Phoenix, The Cherokee Advocate, and The Journal of Cherokee Studies. It includes an extensive collection of books on Cherokee and Native American history and many binders of historical and genealogical materials as well as a selection of artifacts.
Dates
- circa 1850-2023
Extent
From the Collection: 10 Linear Feet (5 small boxes of books. 3 large boxes of periodicals and newspapers. 19 large binders of misc. materials, 2 large folders of genealogical material, and artifacts and artwork. Note: approximates. )
Language
English
General
Sensational Designs; The Cultural Work of American Fiction 1790-1860 Jane Tompkins Oxford University Press, Inc. 1985 0-19-504119-4 Tompkins, J. P. (1985). Sensational designs: The cultural work of American Fiction: 1790-1860. Oxford University Press.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Cultural Work of American Fiction xi I Masterpiece Theater: The Politics of Hawthorne’s Literary Reputation 3 II What Happens in Wieland 40 III The Importance of Merely Circulating 62 IV No Apologies for the Iroquois: A New Way to Read the Leatherstocking Novels 94 V Sentimental Power: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Politics of Literary History 122 VI The Other American Renaissance 147 VII “But Is It Any Good?”: The Institutionalization of Literary Value 186 Notes 203 Index 228
Repository Details
Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
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archives@valdosta.edu