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dc.contributor.authorVan Nyhuis, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-05T07:30:16Z
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dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn2353-6098
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/21922
dc.description.abstractAlthough Fanny Fern’s Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time originally was a widely popular book in the nineteenth century, Fern and Ruth Hall were criticized after readers learned about the similarities among Fern’s life and book. Contemporary critics have recovered Ruth Hall from the literary margins and situated Ruth’s story in the context of the popular American dream story while emphasizing the book’s satirical elements. Reexamining the novel’s originally popular sentimental elements alongside the novel’s more recently popular satirical elements expands the literary critical focus from Ruth’s sentimental struggles and Fern’s satirical accomplishments to Ruth Hall’s equally important critique of American greed, especially among wealthy and socially-conscious Christians.pl_PL
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dc.publisherDepartment of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódźpl_PL
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAnalyses/Rereadings/Theories Journal;2
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dc.subjectdomesticitypl_PL
dc.subjectliterary marketplacepl_PL
dc.subjectsentimentalitypl_PL
dc.subjectsocial classpl_PL
dc.titleThe American Dream and American Greed in Fanny Fern’s Ruth Hall: Sentimental and Satirical Christian Discourse in the Popular Domestic Talepl_PL
dc.typeArticlepl_PL
dc.rights.holderAlison Van Nyhuispl_PL
dc.page.number59-69pl_PL
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationFayetteville State Universitypl_PL
dc.contributor.authorBiographicalnoteAlison Van Nyhuis earned her MA and PhD in English at the University of Florida, and she is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Fayetteville State University (FSU), a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina. Professor Van Nyhuis teaches undergraduate and graduate literature courses at FSU, and her essays and reviews have appeared in various literary journals. Her teaching and research interests include American and Caribbean literature, including authors' and critics' negotiation of the American dream.pl_PL
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