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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

A Companion to American Fiction, 1780 - 1865

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 27/11/2006
    ISBN13: 9781405158916, 978-1405158916
    ISBN10: 1405158913

    Number of Pages: 488

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    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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