02927nam 2200661Ia 450 991014558010332120200520144314.01-78268-417-41-281-31267-397866113126711-4051-6511-10-470-99921-70-470-99920-9(CKB)1000000000408266(EBL)350860(OCoLC)476169332(SSID)ssj0000126046(PQKBManifestationID)11142331(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126046(PQKBWorkID)10030919(PQKB)11251613(MiAaPQ)EBC350860(Au-PeEL)EBL350860(CaPaEBR)ebr10240511(CaONFJC)MIL131267(OCoLC)437213904(EXLCZ)99100000000040826620031211d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA companion to American fiction, 1780-1865[electronic resource] /edited by Shirley SamuelsMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20041 online resource (488 p.)Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;24Description based upon print version of record.0-631-23422-5 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 theseBlackwell companions to literature and culture ;24.American fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcAmerican fiction18th centuryHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.American fictionHistory and criticismAmerican fictionHistory and criticism813.309813/.209Samuels Shirley857340MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910145580103321A Companion to American Fiction1914288UNINA