Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xiv, 205 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Literary realism: an American mode -- "of everything the unexplained and irresponsible specimen": notes on how to read American realism -- Detached laughter in the South -- Anodyne for the village virus -- Marquand, novelist of manners -- Aril in Queenborough: Ellen Glasgow's comedies of manners -- Barren ground and the shape of history -- Faulkner's august avatars -- Dwarf on Wolfe's shoulder -- Southern provincial in metropolis -- Bildungsroman, American style. |
Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
ISBN |
0870492640 |
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9780870492648 |
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