Feudalism and liberalism in the U.S. imaginary
Plantation romance and southern medievalim in Poe's magazine fiction
Melodrama of primitive accumulation : Cooper's feudal claims
Marriage, chivalry, and feudal law : Harriet Jacobs and E. D. E. N. Southworth
Resistance to the feudal-liberal alliance : Ridge's The life and adventures of Joaquín Murieta and Melville's Benito Cereno
Feudalism, individualism, and authority in Emerson's later works
Conclusion: The Kentucky castle.