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A Companion to American Fiction, 1780 - 1865
Contributor(s): Samuels, Shirley (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0631234225     ISBN-13: 9780631234227
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2004
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Annotation: 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 authors present conflicts about territory and sovereignty and questions of gender, race, ethnicity, and identity.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
Dewey: 813.209
LCCN: 2003026891
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.98" W x 9.84" L (2.27 lbs) 488 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1586
 
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This Companion presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war.

  • Draws heavily on historical and cultural contexts in its consideration of American fiction
  • Relates the fiction of the period to conflicts about territory and sovereignty and to issues of gender, race, ethnicity and identity
  • Covers different forms of fiction, including children's literature, sketches, polemical pieces, historical romances, Gothic novels and novels of exploration
  • Considers both canonical and lesser-known authors, including James Fennimore Cooper, Hannah Foster, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Treats neglected topics, such as the Western novel, science and the novel, and American fiction in languages other than English
 
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