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A COMPANION TO AMERICAN FICTION 1780-1865
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| By: |
Shirley Samuels (Editor) |
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Other digital |
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£114.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0470999217 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780470999219 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
3 December, 2007 |
| 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: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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