Nineteenth-Century Americans saw danger lurking everywhere: in railway cars and trolleys, fireplaces and floods, and amid social and political movements, from t

Gender in American Literature and Culture introduces readers to key developments in gender studies and American literary criticism. It offers nuanced readings o

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Jennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nineteenth-century American