The unvarnished truth
personal narratives in nineteenth-century America
by Ann Fabian
"The practice of selling one's tale of woe to make a buck has long been a part of American culture. The Unvarnished Truth: Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America is a powerful cultural history of how ordinary Americans crafted and sold their stories of hardship and calamity during the nineteenth century.
Ann Fabian examines the tales of beggars, convicts, ex-slaves, prisoners of the Confederacy, and others to explore cultural authority, truth-telling, and the nature of print media as the country was shifting to a market economy. This book describes the controversies surrounding these little-read tales and returns them to the social worlds where they were produced."--BOOK JACKET.
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Poor, Autobiography, United States, 19th century, Biography, History, Popular literature, United states, biography, United states, social conditions, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Historical, Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Herinneringen, Populaire literatuurPlaces
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The Unvarnished Truth: Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America
January 7, 2002, University of California Press
Paperback
in English
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The unvarnished truth: personal narratives in nineteenth-century America
2000, University of California Press
in English
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Unvarnished Truth: Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America
2000, University of California Press
in English
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Unvarnished Truth: Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America
2000, University of California Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-246) and index.
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