Founded in fiction : the uses of fiction in the early United States / Thomas Koenigs.

Author: Koenigs, Thomas, 1985- author.

ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Descriptionvii, 325 pages ; 25 cm

Note:The problem of fictionality and the nonfictional novel -- Republican fictions -- Fictionality and female conduct -- The shifting logics of historical fiction -- Hoaxing in an age of novels -- Fictionality and social criticism -- Fictionality, slavery, and intersubjective knowledge -- Coda: romance and reality in the 1850s and beyond.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:"This monograph presents a new history of early American literature that traces the diverse forms of fiction circulating in the early United States (1789-1861) and how they shaped the way Americans thought and argued about political and cultural issues of their age."-- Provided by publisher.

Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.

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