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Titolo: |
A companion to American fiction, 1780-1865 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Shirley Samuels
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Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (488 p.) |
Disciplina: | 813.309 |
813/.209 | |
Soggetto topico: | American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
American fiction - 18th century - History and criticism | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
SamuelsShirley
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | A Companion to American Fiction ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-78268-417-4 |
1-281-31267-3 | |
9786611312671 | |
1-4051-6511-1 | |
0-470-99921-7 | |
0-470-99920-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910145580103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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