Novels, Readers, and Reviewers : : Responses to Fiction in Antebellum America / / Nina Baym.
This book describes and characterizes responses of American readers to fiction in the generation before the Civil War. It is based on close examination of the reviews of all novels-both American and European-that appeared in major American periodicals during the years 1840-1860, a period in which ma...
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Baym, Nina, author. Novels, Readers, and Reviewers : Responses to Fiction in Antebellum America / Nina Baym. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©1987 1 online resource (288 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Jun 2019) This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy This book describes and characterizes responses of American readers to fiction in the generation before the Civil War. It is based on close examination of the reviews of all novels-both American and European-that appeared in major American periodicals during the years 1840-1860, a period in which magazines, novels, and novel reviews all proliferated. Nina Baym makes uses of the reviews to gain information about the formal, aesthetic, and moral expectations of reviewers. Her major conclusion is that the accepted view about the American novel before the Civil War-the view that the atmosphere in America was hostile to fiction-is a myth. There is compelling evidence, she shows, for the existence of a veritable novel industry and, concomitantly, a vast audience for fiction in the 1840s and 1850s. In English. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2 . The Triumph Of The Novel -- 3 . Novel Readers And Novel Reading -- 4. Plot, The Formal Principle -- 5 . Character -- 6. Aspects Of Narration -- 7 . Aspects Of The Narrator -- 8 . The Novel As A Picture Of Nature -- 9. Morality And Moral Tendency -- 10.Classes Of Novels -- 11.Romances, Historical Novels, National Novels -- 12.Authors -- 13.Conclusion -- Bibliographical Note -- Index American fiction 19th century History and criticism. Criticism United States History 19th century. Book reviewing History 19th century. Books and reading United States History 19th century. 1-5017-2776-1 0-8014-1709-0 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2 . The Triumph Of The Novel -- 3 . Novel Readers And Novel Reading -- 4. Plot, The Formal Principle -- 5 . Character -- 6. Aspects Of Narration -- 7 . Aspects Of The Narrator -- 8 . The Novel As A Picture Of Nature -- 9. Morality And Moral Tendency -- 10.Classes Of Novels -- 11.Romances, Historical Novels, National Novels -- 12.Authors -- 13.Conclusion -- Bibliographical Note -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2 . The Triumph Of The Novel -- 3 . Novel Readers And Novel Reading -- 4. Plot, The Formal Principle -- 5 . Character -- 6. Aspects Of Narration -- 7 . Aspects Of The Narrator -- 8 . The Novel As A Picture Of Nature -- 9. Morality And Moral Tendency -- 10.Classes Of Novels -- 11.Romances, Historical Novels, National Novels -- 12.Authors -- 13.Conclusion -- Bibliographical Note -- Index |
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