Present Uncertainty and Looking to the Past: The Ambiguous Literary Nationalism of Putnam’s Monthly

• Published in: E-rea : Revue d'etudes anglophones Vol. 20; no. 20.2
• Main Author: NIEMEYER, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Laboratoire d’Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone 15.06.2023; Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)
• Subjects: American antebellum magazines; George Palmer Putnam; history; Humanities and Social Sciences; international copyright protection; literary nationalism; Literature; Putnam’s Monthly; nationalisme littéraire; histoire; revues américaines d’avant la guerre de Sécession; protection internationale des droits d’auteur; international copyright protection; Putnam’s Monthly; American antebellum magazines; literary nationalism; history; George Palmer Putnam; Putnam's Monthlly

Putnam’s Monthly (1853-1857) was one of the best literary and general interest magazines in antebellum America. Besides its high quality, what made the New York-based magazine stand out was its commitment to publishing American writers and focusing on American themes at a time when, with no reliable...