书名: A Companion to American Fiction 1780 - 1865 (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
作者: Shirley Samuels (Editor)
出版社: Wiley-Blackwell (November 10, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0631234225
ISBN-13: 978-0631234227
Book Description
A Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865 presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. The volume brings together contributions from over 35 leading international critics and scholars, who draw heavily on historical and cultural contexts in their discussions of the fiction of this period. The Companion covers both canonical authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and less well-known writers. The contributors demonstrate how the works of these authors relate to conflicts about territory and sovereignty in the early American republic, and to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and identity. Their contributions cover different forms of fiction, from children's literature and polemical pieces, to historical romances and novels of exploration. They also treat neglected topics, such as the Western novel, science and the novel, and American fiction in languages other than English.
Review
"Particularly impressive... Taken together the essays constitute a dense realization of a critically resurgent period, with the historical dimension emphatic throughout." -- American Literary Scholarship
"A good resource for those just embarking on the study of American literature. Recommended." -- Choice
About the Author
Shirley Samuels is Professor of English and American Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of Romances of the Republic (1996) and Facing America: Iconography and the Civil War (2004), and the editor of The Culture of Sentiment (1992). She is also currently the section editor of “American Literature before 1865” for the Blackwell online www.literature-compass.com.
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作者: Shirley Samuels (Editor)
出版社: Wiley-Blackwell (November 10, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0631234225
ISBN-13: 978-0631234227
Book Description
A Companion to American Fiction 1780-1865 presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. The volume brings together contributions from over 35 leading international critics and scholars, who draw heavily on historical and cultural contexts in their discussions of the fiction of this period. The Companion covers both canonical authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and less well-known writers. The contributors demonstrate how the works of these authors relate to conflicts about territory and sovereignty in the early American republic, and to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and identity. Their contributions cover different forms of fiction, from children's literature and polemical pieces, to historical romances and novels of exploration. They also treat neglected topics, such as the Western novel, science and the novel, and American fiction in languages other than English.
Review
"Particularly impressive... Taken together the essays constitute a dense realization of a critically resurgent period, with the historical dimension emphatic throughout." -- American Literary Scholarship
"A good resource for those just embarking on the study of American literature. Recommended." -- Choice
About the Author
Shirley Samuels is Professor of English and American Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of Romances of the Republic (1996) and Facing America: Iconography and the Civil War (2004), and the editor of The Culture of Sentiment (1992). She is also currently the section editor of “American Literature before 1865” for the Blackwell online www.literature-compass.com.
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