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Title: A COMPANION TO AMERICAN FICTION 1780-1865
By: Shirley Samuels (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1405158913
ISBN 13: 9781405158916
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Publisher: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD
Pub. date: 1 November, 2006
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Pages: 488
Description: A Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865 presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war.
Synopsis: This Companion presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. * Draws heavily on historical and cultural contexts in its consideration of American fiction * Relates the fiction of the period to conflicts about territory and sovereignty and to issues of gender, race, ethnicity and identity * Covers different forms of fiction, including children's literature, sketches, polemical pieces, historical romances, Gothic novels and novels of exploration * Considers both canonical and lesser-known authors, including James Fennimore Cooper, Hannah Foster, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Harriet Beecher Stowe * Treats neglected topics, such as the Western novel, science and the novel, and American fiction in languages other than English
Publication: UK
Imprint: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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