American Fiction : The Intellectual Background /
Maxwell, D. E. S.
American Fiction : The Intellectual Background / D. E. S. Maxwell. - 1 online resource
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One. The Poetic Inception -- Chapter Two. Poe and the Romantic Experiment -- Chapter Three. Politics and Pastoral in Cooper -- Chapter Four. The Tragic Phase: Melville and Hawthorne -- Chapter Five. Twain as Satirist -- Chapter Six. Edith Wharton and the Realists -- Chapter Seven. Modern American Fiction and its Inheritance -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index
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A study of 'Americanness' and evidence of national identity in the American novel. Explores the works of many prominent American authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Mark Twain.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231902502 9780231877800
10.7312/maxw90250 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
American Fiction : The Intellectual Background / D. E. S. Maxwell. - 1 online resource
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One. The Poetic Inception -- Chapter Two. Poe and the Romantic Experiment -- Chapter Three. Politics and Pastoral in Cooper -- Chapter Four. The Tragic Phase: Melville and Hawthorne -- Chapter Five. Twain as Satirist -- Chapter Six. Edith Wharton and the Realists -- Chapter Seven. Modern American Fiction and its Inheritance -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
A study of 'Americanness' and evidence of national identity in the American novel. Explores the works of many prominent American authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Mark Twain.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231902502 9780231877800
10.7312/maxw90250 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.