UID:
almafu_9959327775602883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 621 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781405165051
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1405165057
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1405100648
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9781405100649
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9781405178310
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1405178310
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9780470996829
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047099682X
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to literature and culture
Content:
"A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children's literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction."--Publisher's website.
Content:
Divided into sections discussing historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors, this title covers a mixture of canonical themes, authors, literatures and critical approaches in order to define the development of American literature during this period.
Note:
Historical traditions and genres.
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Practice and promotion of American literary realism /
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Excitement and consciousness in the romance tradition /
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Sentimental and domestic traditions, 1865-1900 /
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Morality, modernity, and "malarial restlessness" : American realism in Its Anglo-European contexts /
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American literary naturalism /
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American regionalism : local color, national identity, and global imperative /
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Women authors and the roots of American modernism /
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Short story and the short story sequence, 1865-1914 /
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Contexts and themes.
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Ecological narrative and nature writing /
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"Frontier story" : the violence of literary history /
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Native American narratives : resistance and survivance /
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Representing the Civil War and reconstruction : from Uncle Tom to Uncle Remus /
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Engendering the canon : women's narratives, 1865-1914 /
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Confronting the crisis : African American narratives /
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Fiction's many cities /
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Mapping the culture of abundance : literary narratives and consumer culture /
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Secrets of the master's deed box : narrative and class /
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"Ethnic realism" /
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Darwin, science, and narrative /
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Writing in the "vulgar tongue" : law and American narrative /
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Planning utopia /
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American children's narrative as social criticism, 1865-1914 /
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Major authors.
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Idea of order at Concord : soul and society in the mind of Louisa May Alcott /
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America can break your heart : on the significance of Mark Twain /
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William Dean Howells and the bourgeois quotidian : affection, skepticism, disillusion /
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Henry James in a new century /
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Toward a modernist aesthetic : the literary legacy of Edith Wharton /
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Sensations of style : the literary realism of Stephen Crane /
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Theodore Dreiser and the force of the personal /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to American fiction, 1865-1914. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2005 ISBN 1405100648
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781405100649
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470996829
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996829
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996829
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996829
