CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. INTRODUCTION xv
5. ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS xxix
6. Part One. The Post-Revolutionary Period
7. Chapter One. Benjamin Franklin and the Authority of Imitation 3
8. Chapter Two. Hugh Henry Brackenridge and Representation 34
9. Chapter Three. Charles Brockden Brown, Authority, and Intentionality 61
10. Part Two. The Antebellum Period
11. Chapter Four. Myth from the Perspective of History: James Fenimore Cooper and Paternal Authorities 81
12. Chapter Five. Ralph Waldo Emerson and the American Representative 137
13. Chapter Six. Herman Melville: The Authority of Confidence 189
14. Conclusion 240
15. Index 245