Bestsellers in Nineteenth-Century America

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Collection of bestsellers in nineteenth-century American literature with illuminating introductions.

Bestsellers in Nineteenth Century America seeks to produce for students novels, poems and other printed material that sold extremely well when they first appeared in the United States. Many of the most famous American works of the nineteenth century that we know today — such as Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick — were not widely read when they first appeared. This collection seeks to offer its readers a glimpse at the literature that lit up the literary horizon when the works were first published, leading to insights on key cultural aspects of the nineteenth-century United States and its literary culture.

1. Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth (1791), entire work; 2. The Life of Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen (1800), selections; 3. American Tract Society, entire works; 4. Awful Disclosures (1836), selections; 5. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology (1840), selections; 6. Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841), selections; 7. The Quaker City: Or, the Monks of Monk Hall (1845), selections; 8. Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie (1849), entire work; 9. Reveries of a Bachelor: Or, A Book of the Heart (1850), selections; 10. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or Life Among the Lowly (1852), selections; 11. Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, and What I Saw There (1854), entire work; 12. Malaeska; The Indian Wife of the White Hunter (1860), entire work; 13. Ragged Dick, or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (1868), entire work; 14. Little Women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (1868), selections; 15. The Gates Ajar (1868), entire work; 16. “The Luck of Roaring Camp” (1868), entire work “John Jenkins, Or, the Smoker Reformed” (1871), entire work; 17. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), selections; 18. The Hidden Hand: or, Capitola the Madcap (1888), selections; 19. In His Steps: “What Would Jesus Do” (1896), selections.

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• Fiction

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• Publié par: Anthem Press
• Date de parution: 21 novembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783085811
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Bestsellers in Nineteenth-Century America
Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
The Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series incorporates a broad range of titles within the fields of literature and culture, comprising an excellent collection of interdisciplinary academic texts. The series aims to promote the most challenging and original work being undertaken in the field, and encourages an approach that fosters connections between areas including history, science, religion and literary theory. Our titles have earned an excellent reputation for the originality and rigour of their scholarship, and for our commitment to high-quality production.
Series Editor
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst – University of Oxford, UK
Editorial Board
Dinah Birch – University of Liverpool, UK
Kirstie Blair – University of Stirling, UK
Archie Burnett – Boston University, USA
Christopher Decker – University of Nevada, USA
Heather Glen – University of Cambridge, UK
Linda K. Hughes – Texas Christian University, USA
Simon J. James – Durham University, UK
Angela Leighton – University of Cambridge, UK
Jo McDonagh – King’s College London, UK
Michael O’Neill – Durham University, UK
Seamus Perry – University of Oxford, UK
Clare Pettitt – King’s College London, UK
Adrian Poole – University of Cambridge, UK
Jan-Melissa Schramm – University of Cambridge, UK
Bestsellers in Nineteenth-Century America An Anthology
Edited by
Paul C. Gutjahr
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Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Thematic Connections
Chapter One
Charlotte Temple, A Tale of Truth (1791), entire work Susanna Haswell Rowson
Chapter Two
The Life of Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen (1800), selections Mason Locke Weems
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter XIII
Chapter Three
American Tract Society, entire works (1825–Present)
Tract No. 92 The Forgiving African
Tract No. 175 To Mothers
Tract No. 512 Murderers of Fathers, and Murderers of Mothers
Tract No. 515 Novel-Reading
Chapter Four
Awful Disclosures, by Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal (1836), selections Maria Monk
Preface
Chapter I Early Recollections
Chapter II Congregational Nunnery
Chapter VI Taking the Veil
Chapter VIII Description of Apartments
Chapter XVII Treatment of Young Infants
Chapter XIX The Priests of the District
Chapter XX More Visits
Chapter Five
The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology (1840), selections Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler
Section I Physiological Conditions as Affecting and Indicating Character
Section II Phrenological Conditions as Indicating Character
Chapter Six
A Treatise on Domestic Economy for the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School (1841), selections Catharine Esther Beecher
Chapter I The Peculiar Responsibilities of American Women
Chapter XII On Domestic Manners
Chapter Seven
The Quaker City: Or, The Monks of Monk Hall A Romance of Philadelphia Life, Mystery, and Crime (1845), selections George Lippard
Preface to This Edition
Book the First: The First Night
Chapter Eight
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie (1847), entire work Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Chapter Nine
Reveries of a Bachelor: Or, A Book of the Heart (1850), selections Donald Grant Mitchell (Ik Marvel)
Preface
First Reverie: Smoke, Flame, and Ashes
Second Reverie: Sea Coal and Anthracite
Chapter Ten
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly (1852), selections Harriet Beecher Stowe
Chapters I–IX
Chapter Eleven
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, and What I Saw There (1854), entire work Timothy Shay Arthur
Chapter Twelve
Malaeska; The Indian Wife of the White Hunter (1860), entire work Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens
Chapter Thirteen
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (1868), entire work Horatio Alger Jr.
Chapter Fourteen
Little Women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (1868), selections Louisa May Alcott
Chapters I–IX
Chapter Fifteen
The Gates Ajar (1868), entire work Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Chapter Sixteen
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1868), entire work John Jenkins, Or, the Smoker Reformed (1871), entire work Bret Harte
Chapter Seventeen
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), selections Lew Wallace
Book Second
Book Third
Book Fifth, selections
Book Eighth, selections
Chapter Eighteen
The Hidden Hand: or, Capitola the Madcap (1888), selections E. D. E. N. Southworth
Chapters I–XXII
Chapter Nineteen
In His Steps. “What Would Jesus Do” (1896), selections Charles Monroe Sheldon
Chapters I–VI
LIST OF FIGURES
Title page, Charlotte, A Tale of Truth
Portrait of George Washington, Frontispiece, The Life of Washington
Cover, “To Mothers,” Tract No. 175
Foldout map, front view of Hotel Dieu, from Awful Disclosures
Foldout map, interior view of Hotel Dieu, from Awful Disclosures
Symbolical head
Daniel Webster
Tristam Burgess
Hall
Alexander Campbell
Capt. Knight
Voltaire
Sidney Smith
Dempster
Phineas Stevens
Dr. Caldwell
William Cullen Bryant
Fanny Forrester
Washington
Grouping of organs
Human skull
Snake
Turtle
Tiger—side view
Hyena—side view
Hyena—back view
Bear—top view
Bear—back view
Sheep—top view
Rabbit—side view
Fox—side view
Ichneumon—side view
Ichneumon—back view
Cat—back view
Cat—side view
Lion—top view
Owl—top view
Hawk—top view
Hen—top view
Crow
Intelligent monkey
Intelligent monkey—side view
The orang-outang
African head
Indian chief
Bacon
Idiot
Washington Irving
A conceited simpleton
Jonathan Edwards
Emerson, an idiot
Title page, The Quaker City
Frontispiece, The Quaker City , 1876 edition
Frontispiece, Evangeline
Title page, Reveries of a Bachelor
Title page, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Eliza’s escape, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Title page, Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
“Come, Father!” Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
“It’s Joe Morgan’s child!” Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
“There it is now!” Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
“Huzza for the Rummies!” Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
Willie Hammond murdered, Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
One long scream of horror, Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
“Frank Slade!” Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
Cover, Malaeska
Title page, Ragged Dick
Frontispiece, Little Women
Frontispiece, The Gates Ajar
As the procession filed in, “The Luck of Roaring Camp”
Ben-Hur flour advertisement (1902)
Ben-Hur and Arrius, the rescue, act 2, scene 2, Ben-Hur
Frontispiece, The Hidden Hand
Cover, In His Steps
Virginia and Loreen, In His Steps
PREFACE
One of the wonders of printed material is its persuasive power. It can threaten, promise, cajole, and insinuate ideas of lasting influence. Such influence manifests itself in a number of ways, but perhaps one of the most obvious is found in the development of national mythologies. For example, consider the story of George Washington cutting down a cherry tree, a deed he then nobly confesses with the now-immortal words, “I can’t tell a lie.” It is a story that has become synonymous with George Washington, yet it was a fable created by Parson Weems in his tremendously popular biography of the first president.
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