Reading the American novel 1865-1914 /

Reading the American novel 1865-1914 /

"An indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, Reading the American Novel 1865-1914 provides a comprehensive introduction to the American novel in the post-civil war period. Locates American novels and stories within a specific historical and literary context Offers fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Gary Richard, 1937-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Reading the novel ; 4.
Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Toward the "Great American Novel"
  • Of Realism and Reality
  • Dramas of the Broken Teacup
  • The Nature of Naturalism
  • Implacable Nature, Household Tragedy, and Epic Romance
  • Frank Norris
  • The Rocking Horse Winners
  • Subjective Realism
  • Impressions of War
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Domestic Feminism
  • "All the Happy Endings"
  • Vulgarians at the Gate
  • Tea-Table as Jungle
  • Economies of Pain
  • The "Gilded Age"
  • What Is An American?
  • The Territory Ahead
  • The "Dream of a Republic"
  • At the Modernist Margin
  • Bibliographical Resources
  • Index.