Balkun, Mary McAleer.
The American counterfeit authenticity and identity in American literature and culture / [electronic resource] : Mary McAleer Balkun. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006. - xii, 181 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism . - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930 -- Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity -- "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth -- Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing -- A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
Impostors and imposture in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Self in literature.
Electronic books.
PS228.C68 / B35 2006eb
810.9/353
The American counterfeit authenticity and identity in American literature and culture / [electronic resource] : Mary McAleer Balkun. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006. - xii, 181 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism . - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930 -- Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity -- "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth -- Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing -- A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
Impostors and imposture in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Self in literature.
Electronic books.
PS228.C68 / B35 2006eb
810.9/353