The half-blood : a cultural symbol in 19th century American fiction / William J. Scheick.

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Scheick, William J

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ISBN:

9780813149936
0813149932

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Cultural symbol in nineteenth century American fiction

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Half-Blood : A Cultural Symbol in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction.DDC classification:

813/.009/352 23

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PS374.I49 S3 1979eb

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Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Twilight Hybrid; 2. Mother Blonay's Curse; 3. Symbolic American Prototype; 4. Merely Yokoto Stain; 5. Frontier Robin Hood; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

Summary: The half-blood -- half Indian, half white -- is a frequent figure in the popular fiction of nineteenth-century America, for he (or sometimes she) served to symbolize many of the conflicting cultural values with which American society was then wrestling. In literature, as in real life the half-blood was a product of the frontier, embodying the conflict between wilderness and civilization that haunted and stirred the American imagination. What was his identity? Was he indeed ""half Indian, half white, and half devil""--Or a bright link between the races from which would emerge a new American page.

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The half-blood -- half Indian, half white -- is a frequent figure in the popular fiction of nineteenth-century America, for he (or sometimes she) served to symbolize many of the conflicting cultural values with which American society was then wrestling. In literature, as in real life the half-blood was a product of the frontier, embodying the conflict between wilderness and civilization that haunted and stirred the American imagination. What was his identity? Was he indeed ""half Indian, half white, and half devil""--Or a bright link between the races from which would emerge a new American page.

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