Paper Money Men Commerce, Manhood, and the Sensational Sphere in Antebellum America /
David Anthony.
- 1 online resource (xii, 225 p.) : ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-215) and index.
"Sleepy hollow," gothic masculinity, and the panic of 1819 -- Shylock on Wall Street; or, the Jessica complex in antebellum sensationalism -- Banking on emotion: debt and male submission in the urban gothic -- Tabloid manhood, speculative femininity -- "Success" and race in the House of the seven gables.
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Sensationalism in literature. Masculinity--Economic aspects--United States. Wealth in literature. Money in literature. Masculinity in literature. Economics in literature. American literature--History and criticism.--19th century