| Description |
xiii, 236 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"[Essays originally] designed ... for oral presentation over the Voice of America." |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical footnotes. |
| Contents |
James Fenimore Cooper, The pioneers / Kay Seymour House -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The scarlet letter / David Levin -- Herman Melville, Moby Dick / Leon Howard -- John W. De Forest, Miss Ravenel's Conversion / Claude M. Simpson, Jr. -- Henry James, The portrait of a lady / Richard Poirier -- Mark Twain, The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Henry Nash Smith -- William Dean Howells, The rise of Silas Lapham / Robert Lee Hough -- Stephen Crane, The red badge of courage / John Berryman -- Frank Norris, McTeague : a story of San Francisco / Carvel Collins -- Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie / Claude M. Simpson, Jr. -- Edith Wharton, The house of mirth / Richard Poirier -- Jack London, Martin Eden / Franklin Walker -- Willa Cather, My Ántonia / Wallace Stegner -- Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio / Irving Howe -- Sinclair Lewis, Main street / Daniel Aaron -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The great Gatsby / Arthur Mizener -- Ernest Hemingway, A farewell to arms / Carlos Baker -- Thomas Wolfe, Look homeward, Angel / Thomas C. Moser -- William Faulkner, The sound and the fury / Carvel Collins. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Roman américain -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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