A companion to American fiction, 1780-1865 /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2004.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 470 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470999219 0470999217 0631234225 9780631234227 9781405165112 1405165111 9780470999202 0470999209 |