A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914ISBN: 978-1-4051-9553-9
Paperback
640 pages
December 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a
groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for
a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general
readers.
- An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion
to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and
the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top
scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research
and offers an original perspective
- Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres,
contexts and themes, and major authors
- Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes,
authors, literatures, and critical approaches
- Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children’s literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction