Title Novels in the Time of Democratic Writing : the American Example

Published University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (261) Series Haney Foundation series Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction. Argumentum ad Populum; Chapter 1. Style in the Time of Epidemic Writing; Chapter 2. Refiguring the Social Contract; Chapter 3. Novels as a Form of Democratic Writing; Chapter 4. Dispersal; Chapter 5. Population; Chapter 6. Conversion; Chapter 7. Hubs; Chapter 8. Anamorphosis; Chapter 9. Becoming National Literature; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Acknowledgments Summary In the decades after U.S. independence, American novelists carried on an argument that pitted direct democracy against the representative liberalism they attributed to their British counterparts. The result was an American novel distinguished by its use of narrative tropes that generated a social system resembling today's distributed network Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Democracy in literature. Comparative literature -- American and English Comparative literature -- English and American Nationalism and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century Nationalism and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American fiction Comparative literature -- American and English Comparative literature -- English and American Democracy in literature Nationalism and literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0812294610 9780812294613

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