Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2014 The foundation of the nation: Exploring tenets of property ideals in nineteenth-century American literature Rebecca Blanchette Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the American Literature Commons, and the Literature in English, North America Commons Recommended Citation Blanchette, Rebecca, "The foundation of the nation: Exploring tenets of property ideals in nineteenth-century American literature" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 13768. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13768 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The foundation of the nation: Exploring tenets of property ideals in nineteenth-century American literature by Rebecca Blanchette A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: English (Literature) Program of Study Committee: Matthew Wynn Sivils, Major Professor Dometa Brothers Cynthia Myers Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2014 Copyright © Rebecca Blanchette, 2014. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................