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The Cambridge introduction to the nineteenth-century American novel / Gregg Crane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crane, Gregg D. (Gregg David)
- Series:
- Cambridge introductions to literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Literary form--History--19th century.
- Literary form.
- History.
- Literature and history--United States.
- Literature and history.
- United States.
- Popular literature--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular literature.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 238 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Cambridge introduction to the 19th-century American novel
- Nineteenth-century American novel
- 19th-century American novel
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Gregg Crane tells the story of the American novel from its beginnings in the early republic to the end of the nineteenth century. Treating famous and less well-known works, Crane discusses the genre's major figures, themes, and developments. He analyzes the different types of American fiction - romance, sentimental fiction, and the realist novel - in detail, while the historical context is explained in relation to how novelists explored the changing world around them. This comprehensive and stimulating introduction will enhance students' experience of reading and studying the canon of American fiction.
- Contents:
- The early American novel 6
- Chapter 1 The romance 26
- What is the romance? 26
- The historical romance 32
- The philosophical romance: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville 67
- The sensational romance - a taste for excess 94
- Chapter 2 The sentimental novel 103
- What is the sentimental novel? 103
- Theme and variations: a young woman's story 113
- Sentiment and reform: Uncle Tom's Cabin 125
- Sentiment and the argument against reform: The Planter's Northern Bride 136
- Sentiment, upward mobility, and the African American novel 140
- Moving toward realism 148
- Chapter 3 The realist novel 155
- What is American literary realism? 155
- Realist technique and subject matter 164
- Tensions, divergences, and extremes within realism 179
- The taste for excess - sensationalism redux 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521843256
- 0521843251
- 9780521603997
- 0521603994
- OCLC:
- 123485037
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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