LEADER 03902nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910139609703321 005 20201130211816.0 010 $a1-283-24052-1 010 $a9786613240521 010 $a1-4443-4427-7 010 $a1-4443-4424-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000045339 035 $a(EBL)819313 035 $a(OCoLC)759159329 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544708 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11355624 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544708 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10535691 035 $a(PQKB)11499261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819313 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7076199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7076199 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000045339 100 $a20110617d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading the American novel 1865-1914 /$fG.R. Thompson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester, West Sussex $cWiley-Blackwell$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (454 p.) 225 1 $aReading the novel ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4443-4425-0 311 $a0-631-23406-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aReading the American Novel 1865-1914; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Toward the "Great American Novel": Romance and Romanticism in the Age of Realism; 2 Of Realism and Reality: Definitions and Contexts; 3 Dramas of the Broken Teacup: American "Quiet" Realism; 4 The Nature of Naturalism: Definitions and Backgrounds; 5 Implacable Nature, Household Tragedy, and Epic Romance; 6 Frank Norris: The Beast Within; 7 The Rocking Horse Winners: Theodore Dreiser and Urban Naturalism; 8 Subjective Realism: Stephen Crane's Impressionist Fictions 327 $a9 Impressions of War: The Interior Battlefield10 Sense and Sensibility: Sentimental Domesticity and "New Woman's Fiction"; 11 Domestic Feminism: The Problematic Louisa May Alcott; 12 "All the Happy Endings": Marriage, Insanity, and Suicide; 13 Vulgarians at the Gate: Edith Wharton and the Collapse of Gentility; 14 Tea-Table as Jungle: Henry James and "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life"; 15 Economies of Pain: W. D. Howells; 16 The "Gilded Age": Genteel Critics and Militant Muckrakers; 17 What Is An American? Regionalism and Race; 18 The Territory Ahead: Emerging African American Voices 327 $a19 The "Dream of a Republic": War, Reconstruction, and Future History20 At the Modernist Margin: Mark Twain; Bibliographical Resources; Index 330 $a"An indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, Reading the American Novel 1865-1914 provides a comprehensive introduction to the American novel in the post-civil war period. Locates American novels and stories within a specific historical and literary context Offers fresh analyses of key selected literary works Addresses a wide audience of academics and non-academics in clear, accessible prose Demonstrates the changing mentality of 19th-century America entering the 20th century Explores the relationship between the intellectual and artistic output of the time and the turbulent socio-political context"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aReading the novel ;$v4. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813.409 686 $aLIT004020$2bisacsh 700 $aThompson$b Gary Richard$f1937-$0944257 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139609703321 996 $aReading the American novel 1865-1914$92131629 997 $aUNINA