LEADER 02889nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910877697603321 005 20230617001155.0 010 $a1-78268-417-4 010 $a1-281-31267-3 010 $a9786611312671 010 $a1-4051-6511-1 010 $a0-470-99921-7 010 $a0-470-99920-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408266 035 $a(EBL)350860 035 $a(OCoLC)476169332 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126046 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142331 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126046 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10030919 035 $a(PQKB)11251613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC350860 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL350860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10240511 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL131267 035 $a(OCoLC)437213904 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408266 100 $a20031211d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA companion to American fiction, 1780-1865$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Shirley Samuels 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (488 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell companions to literature and culture ;$v24 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-631-23422-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA 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; 330 $aA Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865 presents current critical responses to the broad range of American fiction written from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. The volume features contributions from over 35 leading international critics and scholars, who offer a cultural and historical context that serves to illuminate the fiction. The Companion covers both less well-known writers, such as Lydia Maria Child and George Lippard, and canonical authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Contributors demonstrate how these 410 0$aBlackwell companions to literature and culture ;$v24. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aAmerican fiction$y18th century$xHistory and criticism$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism 676 $a813.309 676 $a813/.209 701 $aSamuels$b Shirley$0857340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910877697603321 996 $aA Companion to American Fiction$91914288 997 $aUNINA