Title The sketch, the tale, and the beginnings of American literature / Lydia G. Fash

Published Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents 1. Dueling Temporalities in Irving's Best-Selling Sketch Book -- 2. Biding Time in Hale's Ladies' Magazine -- 3. Nonsynchronous Synchronicity in Sedgwick's Gift Book Stories -- 4. The Chronicle, the Reckoning, and Hawthorne's Puritan Tales -- 5. Beginning Detection with Poe's Mary/Marie -- 6. The Short Fiction Skeleton of the Great American Novel Summary "Combining history, print history, and literary criticism, this book shows how short fiction of the early nineteenth century, including sketches and tales, was vital to the birth of a national literary tradition, the great American novel, and even what it meant to be American"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2020) Subject Short stories, American -- History and criticism American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century Literary form -- History -- 19th century Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General American fiction Books and reading Literary form Literature and society Short stories, American United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019045164 ISBN 9780813943992 081394399X

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