Title Revolution and the word : the rise of the novel in America / Cathy N. Davidson.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS374.S67 D38 1986	Available	---

Description	xi, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Bibliography: pages 263-313.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	1. Introduction : toward a history of texts -- 2. The book in the new republic -- 3. Ideology and genre -- 4. Literacy, education, and the reader -- 5. Commodity and communication : the first American novel -- 6. Privileging the feme covert : the sociology of sentimental fiction -- 7. The picaresque and the margins of political discourse -- 8. Early American Gothic : the limits of individualism -- Afterword : texts as histories.
Subject	American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Social history in literature.
	Social history in literature.
	American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Literature and society -- United States.
	Literature and society.
	United States.
	United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.
	Civilization.
Chronological Term	1783-1865
ISBN	0195041089 alkaline paper