Panic Fiction: Women and Antebellum Economic Crisis

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Panic Fiction Panic Fiction Women and Antebellum Economic Crisis Mary Templin The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2014 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Minion Cover photograph: Copyright © Ken Cave | Dreamstime.com Cover design: Mary Elizabeth Watson ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Templin, Mary, 1959– Panic fiction : women and antebellum economic crisis / Mary Templin. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1810-9 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8719-8 (ebook) 1. American prose literature—Women authors—History and criticism. 2. Economics in literature. 3. Financial crises in literature. 4. American prose literature—19th century— History and criticism. 5. Women and literature—United States—History—19th century. 6. Popular culture—United States—History. 7. Literature and society—United States—History. 8. Financial crises—United States—History. I. Title. PS374.E4T46 2014 810.9'9287—dc23 2013023599 For Mom and Dad, who showed me how to live well on “no money,” and without whom this book would not exist. And for my “pack”: Doug, Alexi, and Kira. ...