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Cavalcade of the American novel, from the birth of the Nation to the middle of the twentieth century.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wagenknecht, Edward, 1900-2004.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
- Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941.
- London, Jack, 1876-1916.
- Norris, Frank, 1870-1902.
- Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970.
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
- Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
- Roberts, Elizabeth Madox, 1881-1941.
- James, Henry, 1843-1916.
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.
- Marquand, John P. (John Phillips), 1893-1960.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
- Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
- Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- American fiction--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928.
- Wylie, Elinor.
- Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938--Criticism and interpretation.
- Wolfe, Thomas.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Criticism and interpretation.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
- Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900--Criticism and interpretation.
- Crane, Stephen.
- Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940.
- Garland, Hamlin.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Criticism and interpretation.
- Twain, Mark.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Criticism and interpretation.
- Melville, Herman.
- Nathan, Robert, 1894-1985.
- Nathan, Robert.
- Marquand, John P. (John Phillips), 1893-1960--Criticism and interpretation.
- Marquand, John P.
- Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938.
- Herrick, Robert.
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920--Criticism and interpretation.
- Howells, William Dean.
- Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958.
- Cabell, James Branch.
- James, Henry, 1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
- James, Henry.
- Roberts, Elizabeth Madox, 1881-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
- Roberts, Elizabeth Madox.
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.
- Wilder, Thornton.
- Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.
- Jewett, Sarah Orne.
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958.
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dreiser, Theodore.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
- Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lewis, Sinclair.
- Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925.
- Allen, James Lane.
- Singmaster, Elsie, 1879-1958.
- Singmaster, Elsie.
- Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810.
- Brown, Charles Brockden.
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
- Wharton, Edith.
- Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909.
- Crawford, F. Marion.
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968--Criticism and interpretation.
- Steinbeck, John.
- Cather, Willa, 1873-1947--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cather, Willa.
- Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.
- Mitchell, S. Weir.
- Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954.
- Hergesheimer, Joseph.
- Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dos Passos, John.
- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
- Tarkington, Booth.
- Norris, Frank, 1870-1902--Criticism and interpretation.
- Norris, Frank.
- London, Jack, 1876-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
- London, Jack.
- Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
- Anderson, Sherwood.
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hemingway, Ernest.
- Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894.
- Woolson, Constance Fenimore.
- Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945.
- Glasgow, Ellen.
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cooper, James Fenimore.
- Johnston, Mary.
- Johnston, Mary (Mary A.).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 575 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Holt, [1952]
- Summary:
- Starting with Brockden Brown and continuing through such well-known novelists as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, and Twain, the author concludes with Wharton, Glasgow, Dreiser, Cather, Lewis, Hemingway, and others who achieved success in the 1920's and 30's.
- Contents:
- Brockden Brown and the pioneers
- The novel established: the age of Cooper and Simms
- The soul's romance: Hawthorne
- The ambiguities of Herman Melville
- Mrs. Stowe and some contemporaries
- "The Lincoln of our literature"
- The American mirror: William Dean Howells
- The American as artist: Henry James
- Novelists of the 'eighties
- Some Southern novelists of the 'nineties and after
- Towards naturalism
- Voices of the new century
- Edith Wharton: social background and ethical dilemma
- Ellen Glasgow: triumph and despair
- Theodore Dreiser, the mystic naturalist
- In the second decade
- Willa Cather and the lovely past
- James Branch Cabell: the anatomy of romanticism
- Sinclair Lewis and the Babbitt Warren
- Ernest Hemingway: legend and reality
- Novelists of the 'twenties
- Novelists of the 'thirties
- A note on the fiction of the 'forties and after.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wagenknecht, Edward, 1900-2004. Cavalcade of the American novel.
- OCLC:
- 269680
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