American Fiction : : The Intellectual Background / / D. E. S. Maxwell.
A study of 'Americanness' and evidence of national identity in the American novel. Explores the works of many prominent American authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Mark Twain.
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1963] ©1963 |
| Year of Publication: | 1963 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One. The Poetic Inception
- Chapter Two. Poe and the Romantic Experiment
- Chapter Three. Politics and Pastoral in Cooper
- Chapter Four. The Tragic Phase: Melville and Hawthorne
- Chapter Five. Twain as Satirist
- Chapter Six. Edith Wharton and the Realists
- Chapter Seven. Modern American Fiction and its Inheritance
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Index