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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Norton's Literary Letter, Comprising American Papers of Interest, and a Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Books Relative to America
The Office of Scarlet Letter
Author: Sacvan BercovitchPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351478184
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
"The Scarlet Letter has proved our most enduring classic," writes Sacvan Bercovitch, "because it is the liberal example par excellence of art as ideological mimesis. To understand the office of the A is to see how culture empowers symbolic form, including forms of dissent, and how symbols participate in the dynamics of culture, including the dynamics of constraint."With an approach that both reflects and contests developments in literary studies, Bercovitch explores these connections from two perspectives: first, he examines a historical reading of the novel's unities; and then, a rhetorical analysis of key mid-nineteenth-century issues, at home and abroad. In order to highlight the relation between rhetoric and history, he focuses on the point at which the scarlet letter does its office at last, the moment when Hester decides to come home to America.In The Office of "The Scarlet Letter," Bercovitch argues that the process by which the United States usurped "America" for itself, symbolically, is also the process by which liberalism established political and economic dominance. In the course of his study, he offers sustained discussions of Hawthorne's irony and ambiguity, of aesthetic and social strategies of cohesion, and of the conundrums of liberal dissent. Winner of the Modern Language Association's James Russell Lowe prize, The Office of "The Scarlet Letter" provides a theoretical redefinition of the function of symbolism in culture and an exemplary literary-ideological reading of a major text.
Democratizing the Old Dominion
Author: William G. ShadePublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813916545
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Places the antebellum debate over slavery and states' rights in the context of early discussions of the two-party system and economic development by founding fathers Jefferson and Madison, arguing that the similarities between North and South were more numerous than the differences, and analyzes the state's regional cultures, demonstrating that party politics as a system expanded democracy Virginia. Includes bandw maps and photos. For scholars of history. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Catalogue of the New York State Library, 1872
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382193337
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Henry Clay and the American System
Author: Maurice G. BaxterPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American System—a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government and constitutional aspects of what was perhaps Clay's greatest contribution to national policy, a contribution that has received surprisingly little study until now. During the first half of the nineteenth century the new United States experienced rapid material growth, transforming a largely agrarian, pre-modern economy into a diversified, industrializing one. As Speaker of the House in the years following the War of 1812, and later as founder of the Whig party, Clay argued strongly for the development of a home market for domestic goods so that Americans would not be dependent on foreign imports. This "American System" was originally little more than a protective tariff on foreign goods, but it soon came to encompass a collection of policies that included a national banking system and distribution of federal funds to improve transportation. Baxter reveals the inner workings of Clay's program and offers the first careful analysis of its successes and failures. This lively and incisive account will appeal to anyone interested in American history and the processes that shaped modern America
A General Catalogue of the Books in the South Africa Public Library ... with a list of donors, office-bearers and the regulations of the institution. Compiled ... by the Librarian [Frederick Maskew].
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Author: South African Public Library (CAPETOWN)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Index to the Catalogue of a Portion of the Public Library of the City of Boston, Arranged in the Lower Hall. (Supplement.-Second-[fourth] Supplement.).
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Author: BOSTON, Massachusetts. Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Finding List of the Free Public Library of Newark, N.J.
Author: Newark Public LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".]
Author: Public Free Libraries (Manchester)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Author: Leeds Library