Discerning Characters: The Culture of Appearance in Early America

by Christopher J. Lukasik

In this path-breaking study of the intersections between visual and literary culture, Christopher J. Lukasik explores how early Americans grappled with the relationship between appearance and social distinction in the decades between the American Revolution and the Civil War.

Through a wide range of evidence, including canonical and obscure novels, newspapers, periodicals, scientific and medical treatises, and plays as well as conduct manuals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812242874
• ISBN13: 9780812242874
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"