Race, Romance, and Rebellion: Literatures of the Americas in the Nineteenth Century

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Race, Romance, and Rebellion New World Studies J. Michael Dash, Editor Frank Moya Pons and Sandra Pouchet Paquet, Associate Editors Race, Romance, and Rebellion Literatures of the Americas in the Nineteenth Century Colleen C. O’Brien University of Virginia Press Charlottesville and London A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. University of Virginia Press© 2013 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2013 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data O’Brien, Colleen C., 1969– Race, romance, and rebellion : literatures of the Americas in the nineteenth century / Colleen C. O’Brien. pages cm. — (New World Studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8139-3488-4 (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3489-1 (pbk. : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3490-7 (e-book) 1. America—Literatures—History and criticism. 2. Race relations in literature. 3. Insurgency in literature. 4. America— Ethnic relations—History—19th century. I. Title. PN846.O27 2013 809’.897—dc23 2013004487 ...