Reading the American Novel 1780 - 1865 [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787692503321
• Autore: Samuels Shirley
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-78632-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Collana: Reading the Novel
• Disciplina: 808.59
• Soggetti: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- American influences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to the American Novel; 2 Historical Codes in Literary Analysis; 3 Women, Blood, and Contract; 4 Black Rivers, Red Letters, and White Whales; 5 Promoting the Nation in James Fenimore Cooper and Harriet Beecher Stowe; 6 Women's Worlds in the Nineteenth-Century Novel; Afterword; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Reading the American Novel 1780-1865 provides valuable insights into the evolution and diversity of fictional genres produced in the United States from the late 18th century until the Civil War, and helps introductory students to interpret and understand the fiction from this popular period.Offers an overview of early fictional genres and introduces ways to interpret them todayFeatures in depth examinations of specific novelsExplores the social and historical contexts of the time to help the readers' understanding of the storiesExplores questions of i