Table of Contents: The fictional republic :

Main Author:	Nackenoff, Carol.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Subjects:	Alger, Horatio, > 1832-1899 > Political and social views. Alger, Horatio, > 1832-1899. Politics and literature > History > 19th century. > United States Political fiction, American > History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. Political and social views. Political fiction, American. United States.
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Table of Contents:

Preface; 1 Allegory of the Republic: On Interpretation and Method; 2 A Unitarian Project for Moral Guidance; 3 Republican Rites of Passage: Character and the Battle for Youth; 4 Guidebooks for Survival in an Industrializing Economy; 5 Saved From the Factory; 6 Technology, Organizations, Corporations, and Capitalists; 7 Natural Aristocracy in a Democracy: Authority, Power, and Politics; 8 Money, Price, and Value: Alger's Interventions in the Market; 9 Levelling and Its Limits; 10 Reading Alger: Searching for Alger's Audience in the Literary Marketplace.