American Claimants

American Claimants

Author: Sarah Meer

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Published: 2020

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0198812515

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This volume identifies a transatlantic literary form, the American Claimant narrative. The book traces the origins of the American claimant back to lost-heir romance, and then demonstrates its importance and pervasiveness in the nineteenth century.