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Author Samuels, Shirley

Title A Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865
Published Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (488 pages)
Series Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
American fiction
English.
Languages & Literatures.
American Literature.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780470999202
0470999209