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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Oxford history of the novel in English ; volume five
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Oxford history of the novel in English ; v. 5.
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Print version title: The American novel from its beginnings to 1870. |
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"General editor: Patrick Parrinder; Consulting editor (US volumes): Jonathan Arac"--Title page verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The American Novel to 1870 -- Part 1: The Beginnings of the Novel in the United States -- Part 2: The Novel and American Nation-building -- Part 3: The American Publishing World and the Novel -- Part 4: Leading Novelists of Antebellum America -- Part 5: Major Novels -- Part 6: Cultural Influences on the American Novel, 1820-1870 -- Part 7: Fictional Sub-genres. |
| Summary |
The American Revolution and the Civil War bracket roughly eight decades of formative change in a republic created in 1776 by a gesture that was both rhetorical and performative. The subsequent construction of U.S. national identity influenced virtually all art forms, especially prose fiction, until internal conflict disrupted the project of nation-building. This volume reassesses, in an authoritative way, the principal forms and features of the emerging American novel. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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18th century |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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19th century |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Literature and society. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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American literature -- European influences.
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American literature -- European influences. |
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Social conflict in literature.
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Social conflict in literature. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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1600-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kennedy, J. Gerald, editor.
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Person, Leland S., editor.
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Parrinder, Patrick, 1944- editor.
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Arac, Jonathan, 1945- editor.
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| Added Title |
American novel from its beginnings to 1870.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: American novel from its beginnings to 1870 9780195385359 (DLC) 2013033712 (OCoLC)862041442 |
| ISBN |
9780199908394 (electronic book) |
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0199908397 (electronic book) |
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9780195385359 |
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0195385357 |
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