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De Forest, John William,--1826-1906, Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism, Novelists, American--19th century--Biography, Manners and customs in literature, Social classes in literature, Social ethics in literature, Aristocracy (Social class)
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1988
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PS1525.D5Z7 1988eb
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813/.3
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De Forest, John William,--1826-1906, Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism, Novelists, American--19th century--Biography, Manners and customs in literature, Social classes in literature, Social ethics in literature, Aristocracy (Social class)
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J. W. De Forest and the Rise of American Gentility
James A. Hijiya
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University Press of New England
Brandeis University Brown University Clark University University of Connecticut Dartmouth College University of New Hampshire University of Rhode Island Tufts University University of Vermont
1988 by the Trustees of Brown University
All rights reserved. Except for brief quotation in critical articles or reviews, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For further information contact University Press of New England, Hanover, NH 03755.
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hijiya, James A. J. W. De Forest and the rise of American gentility / James A. Hijiya. p. cm. Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)Cornell University, 1977. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-87451-454-1 1. De Forest, John William, 18261906. 2. Novelists, American19th centuryBiography. 3. Manners and customs in literature. 4. Social classes in literature. 5. Social ethics in literature. 6. Aristocracy in literature. 7. Democracy in literature. I. Title. PS1525.D5Z7 1988 813'.3dc19 88-40112 CIP
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For my mother, Namiko Hijiya
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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Introduction: "There is Not One Single Great Man Left in America!"
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1. "He Is Quite a Pretty Boy and Behaves Like a Gentleman."
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2. "I Meant to Storm the World's Attention."
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3. "My Forte Is Tittle-Tattle Concerning Living Men."
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4. "A Friend of Ours... Has the Craze in His Head that He Will Some Day Write a Great American Novel."
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5. "The Democratic North Means EqualityEvery Man Standing on his Own Legs."
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6. "His Business Does Not Keep Him, and So He Works Carelessly at It, or He Quits It."
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7. "American Freemen Hate an Aristocrat."
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8. "Unrecorded He Died, Perhaps with a Bitter Sense of Having Failed in Life, As Has Happened to Many Whom Earth Will Never Forget."
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Epilogue
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Acknowledgments
This book began as a Ph.D. dissertation ("The De Forests: Three American Lives," Cornell University, 1977) that sketched South American explorer Jesse de Forest (ca. 15761624) and many of his descendants, then described in richer detail three of those descendants: the merchant David Curtis De Forest (17741825), the novelist John William De Forest (18261906), and the inventor Lee de Forest (18731961). It was a quaint and deviant dissertation, straying from prosopography, in the direction of the novel; its governing principle was invisible; and no publisher would touch it.
This book is the product of dismemberment. Jesse de Forest and David Curtis De Forest were abbreviated almost out of existence; Lee de Forest was sent looking for refuge between the covers of a separate book; and J. W. De Forest alone escaped. His story, then, is one variation on an old and enduring theme: There is nothing under the sun that is entirely new.
Many people and institutions assisted in the production of this book. Michael Kammen suggested the De Forest family as a dissertation topic, guided the research, criticized the writing, and encouraged me to transform the dissertation into a book. Carol Kammen reminded me that half the family were women, thereby provoking me to discover the papers and person of Harriet Shepard De Forest. Glenn Altschuler, Shaleen Barnes, Michael Colacurcio, Gerard Koot, Clark Larsen, Dick Metcalf,
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