| Description |
xvi, 185 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Reading the novel |
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Reading the novel.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction to the American novel : from Charles Brockden Brown's gothic novels to Caroline Kirkland's wilderness -- Historical codes in literary analysis : the writing projects of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Hannah Crafts -- Women, blood, and contract : land claims in Lydia Maria Child, Catharine Sedgwick, and James Fenimore Cooper -- Black rivers, red letters, and white whales : mobility and desire in Catherine Williams, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville -- Promoting the nation in James Fenimore Cooper and Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Women's worlds in the 19th century novel : Susan B. Warner, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Fanny Fern, E.D.E.N. Southworth, Harriet Wilson, and Louisa May Alcott -- Afterword. |
| Subject |
United States -- In literature.
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Social history in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Social psychology in literature.
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Literature and society -- United States.
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Literature and history -- United States.
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Books and reading -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780631232872 (cloth) |
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0631232877 (cloth) |
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9780631232889 (pbk.) |
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0631232885 (pbk.) |
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