02323nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10309853 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050617s2006 alu sb s001 0 eng 2005017750 9780817314972 (cloth : alk. paper) 0817314970 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)424521930 n-us--- PS228.C68 B35 2006eb 810.9/353 22 Balkun, Mary McAleer. The American counterfeit [electronic resource] : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture / Mary McAleer Balkun. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006. xii, 181 p. Studies in American literary realism and naturalism Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index. The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930 -- Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity -- "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth -- Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing -- A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American literature 20th century History and criticism. Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature. American literature 19th century History and criticism. Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature. Impostors and imposture in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Passing (Identity) in literature. Self in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies in American literary realism and naturalism. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10309853 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 62018 62018