| Edition |
Rev. and enl. ed. |
| Description |
vii, 406 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 367-382. |
| Contents |
Beginnings of fiction: Arguments and experiments ; Three matters of American romance -- James Fenimore Cooper -- Romances of adventure -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Herman Melville -- Blood and tears -- Howells and realism: New frontiers and old settlements ; William Dean Howells -- Mark Twain -- Henry James -- Types of fiction -- Local and historical: Local color ; Romantic history -- Emergence of naturalism -- Theodore Dreiser -- Tradition and transition: Stream of fiction ; Edith Wharton -- Willa Cather -- Revolt from the village -- Sinclair Lewis -- Romance, comedy, satire: James Branch Cabell ; Lively decade -- New realisms: Post-war ; Thomas Wolfe -- Revisions. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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