ONE. The Problem of History in American Literature

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. ONE. The Problem of History in American Literature 1
6. TWO. The Problem of History in American Historiography 41
7. THREE. From History To Gingerbread: Manufacturing a Republic in The House of the Seven Gables 83
8. FOUR. The Politics of Temporality in The Bostonians 135
9. FIVE. American Innocence and English Perils: The Treachery of Tales in The Wings of the Dove 182
10. SIX. The Power of Mere Fable: Reconstructing the Past in An American Tragedy 242
11. Bibliography 295
12. Index 309
13. Backmatter 314