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A companion to American fic...
A Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865 presents current critical responses to the broad range of American fiction written from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. The volume features contributions from over 35 leading international critics and scholars, who offer a cultural and historical context that serves to illuminate the fiction. The Companion covers both less well-known writers, such as Lydia Maria Child and George Lippard, and canonical authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Contributors demonstrate how these
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monografia Rebiun29190081 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun29190081 m o d | cr#-n--------- 031211s2004 maua ob 001 0 eng d 2003026891 1-78268-417-4 1-281-31267-3 9786611312671 1-4051-6511-1 0-470-99921-7 0-470-99920-9 CBUC 991010729705006709 CBUC 991010729705006709 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 813.309 813/.209 A companion to American fiction, 1780-1865 electronic resource] edited by Shirley Samuels Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. 2004 Malden, MA Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. 1 online resource (488 p.) 1 online resource (488 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Blackwell companions to literature and culture 24 Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index A COMPANION TO AMERICAN FICTION; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Historical and Cultural Contexts; PART II Forms of Fiction; PART III Authors, Locations, Purposes; Index A Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865 presents current critical responses to the broad range of American fiction written from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. The volume features contributions from over 35 leading international critics and scholars, who offer a cultural and historical context that serves to illuminate the fiction. The Companion covers both less well-known writers, such as Lydia Maria Child and George Lippard, and canonical authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Contributors demonstrate how these English American fiction- 19th century- History and criticism- Handbooks, manuals, etc American fiction- 18th century- History and criticism- Handbooks, manuals, etc Electronic books Samuels, Shirley 0-631-23422-5 Blackwell companions to literature and culture 24