Intricate relations : sexual and economic desire in American fiction, 1789-1814 /

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Author / Creator:	Weyler, Karen A.
Imprint:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Economics in literature. Sex -- Economic aspects. Property in literature. Desire in literature. Sex in literature. American fiction. Desire in literature. Economics in literature. Property in literature. Sex -- Economic aspects. Sex in literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11150997

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ISBN:	9781587295201 1587295202 9780877458845 0877458847
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Intricate Relations charts the development of the novel in and beyond the early republic in relation to these two thematic and intricately connected centers: sexuality and economics. By reading fiction written by Americans between 1789 and 1814 alongside medical theory, political and economic tracts, and pedagogical literature of all kinds, Karen Weyler recreates and illuminates the larger, sometimes opaque, cultural context in which novels were written, published, and read. In 1799, the novelist Charles Brockden Brown used the evocative phrase "intricate relations" to describe the.
Other form:	Print version: Weyler, Karen Ann. Intricate relations. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2004 0877458847 9780877458845

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