American
Class and Antebellum American Literature
By , Leeds Metropolitan University (September 2006)
Sections: American
Subjects: Literature, American Literature.
People: Hawthorne, Nathaniel , Dickinson, Emily .
Periods: 1000 - 1999, 1800-1899.
Key Topics: social issues, class.
Abstract
This article discusses the formation and transformation of the elite, the middle class and the artisan class in the antebellum period. It then analyses the work of three major authors from each of these classes: Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and George Lippard, showing how each author responded to the challenges and contradictions of their particular class location.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2006.00382.x
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