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So you understand the roaring wave of fear that swept through the greatest city in the world just as Monday was dawning--the stream of flight rising swiftly to a torrent, lashing in a foaming tumult round the railway stations, banked up into a horrible struggle about the shipping in the Thames, and hurrying by every available channel northward and eastward. By ten o'clock the police organisation, and by midday even the railway organisations, were losing coherency, losing shape and efficiency, guttering, softening, running at last in that swift liquefaction of the social body.

The American Self

Betty Matei

The American voice and the portrayal of the self throughout the eras of American literature

American literature manifests the constant reactionary beliefs found throughout periods of America’s history –  religious, social, political, or beyond.

The America that writers experienced shaped how they viewed and portrayed the self, both individually and collectively. Whether of majority or dissenting opinion, American writers reveal thoughts and beliefs towards and of their eras, which, in turn, suggests their perceptions of themselves.

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