| Description |
vii, 226 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Toward a theory -- Art's region -- Literary progress -- Democratic vistas and the cosmopolitan charge -- Cosmopolitanism -- 1850-1900 -- Representative fiction -- Hamlin Garland's provincial literature -- Local color -- 1900-1930 -- The ends of local color -- Willa Cather's parables of authorship -- The critical distance of Wharton, Johnson, Masters, and Frederick -- The revolt from the village: Anderson, Lewis, Suckow -- The southern renaissance and the world's body -- The passport to this world: Harlem, Hester Street, and beyond -- The rest -- After 1930 -- The new new regionalism and the future of literature. |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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American fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Internationalism in literature.
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Internationalism -- United States.
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Social values in literature.
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Regionalism in literature.
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Local color in literature.
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| ISBN |
0801489237 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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080144263X (alk. paper) |
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9780801442636 (alk. paper) |
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9780801489235 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2057902 |
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NZ1 8236073 |
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