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Author Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953-

Title Conspiracy and romance : studies in Brockden Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne, and Melville / Robert S. Levine.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  813.209 L665C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 302 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
Contents 1. "The defencelessness of her condition" : villainy and vulnerability in Charles Brockden Brown's Ormond -- 2. "Soulless corporation" : oligarchy and the countersubversive presence in James Fenimore Cooper's The bravo -- 3. "A confusion of Popish and Protestant emblems" : insiders and outsiders in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Blithedale romance -- 4. "Follow your leader" : captains and mutineers in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 234-293.
Subject Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. Ormond.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Bravo.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Blithedale romance.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Benito Cereno.
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Conspiracies in literature.
Romanticism -- United States.
Indexed Term Fiction in English American writers, 1789-1900 - Critical studies
ISBN 0521366542
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