THE DREAM OF THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL by Lawrence Buell ( 9780674726321 )

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THE DREAM OF THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

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ISBN 10:

0674726324

ISBN 13:

9780674726321

Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

10 February, 2014

Pages:

500

Description:

The idea of "the great American novel" continues to thrive almost as vigorously as in its nineteenth-century heyday, defying 150 years of attempts to dismiss it as amateurish or obsolete. This book reanimates this supposedly antiquated idea, showing that its history is a key to the dynamics of national literature and national identity itself.

Synopsis:

The idea of "the great American novel" continues to thrive almost as vigorously as in its nineteenth-century heyday, defying 150 years of attempts to dismiss it as amateurish or obsolete. In this landmark book, the first in many years to take in the whole sweep of national fiction, Lawrence Buell reanimates this supposedly antiquated idea, demonstrating that its history is a key to the dynamics of national literature and national identity itself.

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Harvard University Press

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