Rise of Sensationalism in American Literature and Culture - 1620-1860

The Rise of Sensationalism in American Literature and Culture: 1620-1860 argues that the rise of the American tradition of sensationalism can be better understood in the transatlantic context.

List of contents

Introduction
Voices of Dissent in the Seventeenth-Century New England
Chapter 2: From Religious Disagreements to Revolutionary Rhetoric
Chapter 3: Punishment Rituals in Early America
Chapter 4: Metamorphoses of Early American Crime Literature
Chapter 5: Sex Scandals in Early America
Chapter 6: Early American Literature about Sex
Chapter 7: Literary Monsters: The Kaleidoscopic World of Early Modern Wonder Books
Epilog

About the author

Alexander Moudrov is a researcher in early American culture and transatlantic studies.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Moudrov
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032899725
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289972-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; North America, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800