Reforming the world social activism and the problem of fiction in nineteenth-century America / [electronic resource] :
Maria Carla Sanchez.
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2008.
- xiii, 240 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233) and index.
The devil and his angels -- The panic of 1837 and the failures of literary men -- Sentimentalizing the fallen woman -- Making history with Child and Stowe -- Saying goodbye to Timothy Shay Arthur.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century Social change in literature. Social problems in literature. Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.