The American novel to 1870 /
The American Revolution and the Civil War bracket roughly eight decades of formative change in a republic created in 1776 by a gesture that was both rhetorical and performative. The subsequent construction of U.S. national identity influenced virtually all art forms, especially prose fiction, until...
| Uniform Title: | American novel from its beginnings to 1870. |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Oxford history of the novel in English ;
v. 5. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The American Revolution and the Civil War bracket roughly eight decades of formative change in a republic created in 1776 by a gesture that was both rhetorical and performative. The subsequent construction of U.S. national identity influenced virtually all art forms, especially prose fiction, until internal conflict disrupted the project of nation-building. This volume reassesses, in an authoritative way, the principal forms and features of the emerging American novel. |
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| Item Description: | Print version title: The American novel from its beginnings to 1870. "General editor: Patrick Parrinder; Consulting editor (US volumes): Jonathan Arac"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199908394 0199908397 |