The Bestselling Novel: Currents in American History and CultureMain MenuIntroductionIntersectionality and Power Relations in BestsellerismAn intersectional analysis of the concepts of gender, race and power relationships, highlighting how the overlap between these concepts fueled the novels’ rise as bestsellers.Slavery Beyond ChainsThe Variation of the Forms of Slavery Inflicted on Charlotte in Susanna Rowson's _Charlotte Temple_ and Dana in Octavia Butler's _Kindred_.Perception of Women in SocietyInspecting the ways in which the woman’s default “doomed” status can be blamed on the society's narrow perception of women in Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple and Edith Wharton's House of Mirth.Gendered Violence and Racism: The Short End of the StickThe Struggle of the Black Woman Across the CenturiesBrief summaries of course textsStudents in ENG 410: American Novel, an upper-level undergraduate seminar8105943177cf94521fefbbebb901e86333202954