Mourning the Nation to Come: Creole Nativism in Nineteenth-Century American Literatures

"In Mourning the Nation to Come, Jillian J. Sayre offers a comparative study of early national literature and culture in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America that theorizes New World nationalism as grounded in cultures of the dead and commemorative acts of mourning. Sayre argues that popular historical romances unified communities of creole readers by giving them lost love objects they could mourn together, allowing citizens of newly formed nations to feel as one"-- Read More

"In Mourning the Nation to Come, Jillian J. Sayre offers a comparative study of early national literature and culture in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America that theorizes New World nationalism as grounded in cultures of the dead and commemorative acts of mourning. Sayre argues that popular historical romances unified communities of creole readers by giving them lost love objects they could mourn together, allowing citizens of newly formed nations to feel as one"-- Read Less

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  	This is a digital edition of this title. Buy eBook Lifetime Access: $19.95 Title: Mourning the Nation to Come by Jillian Sayre Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Print ISBN: 9780807171899, 0807171891 eText ISBN: 9780807172858 Edition: 2020 Format: EPUB eBook	$19.95 Buy eBook This is a digital eBook Nothing will be shipped to you Works with web browsers and the VitalSource app on all Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Kindle Fire, iOS, and Android devices Most eBooks are returnable within 14 days of purchase Questions? See our eBook FAQ