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Reading America : new perspectives on the American novel / edited by Elizabeth Boyle and Anne-Marie Evans.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This specially commissioned volume of essays offers a refreshing and unusual perspective on classic novels from the American literary canon. Accessible to students, scholars and the interested reader, this engaging collection explores familiar novels through unfamiliar lenses and, in so doing, sheds light on surprising and previously overlooked aspects of each text. Reading America presents a new approach to American literature by showcasing a cross-section of recent research into previousl...
- Contents:
- pt. I. The novel in America
- pt. II. The novel and politics
- pt. III. The novel and sexuality
- pt. IV. The novel and postmodernism
- pt. V. The novel and the super/natural world
- pt. VI. The novel and language.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19099-7
- 9786612190995
- 1-4438-0723-0
- OCLC:
- 816312146
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