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American Fiction : The Intellectual Background / D. E. S. Maxwell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1963]Copyright date: ©1963Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231902502
  • 9780231877800
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231877800

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.

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