Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893

by Benjamin A. Railton

Fables of American history embodied in Gilded Age literature

In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Ben Railton proposes that in the years after Reconstruction, America's identity was often contested through distinct and competing conceptions of the nation's history. He argues that the United States moved toward unifying and univocal historical narratives in the years between the Centennial and Columbian Expositions, that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817315802
• ISBN13: 9780817315801
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.2"