Bestsellers in nineteenth-century America / edited by Paul C. Gutjahr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gutjahr, Paul C., editor.

Series:

Anthem nineteenth century studies.

Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Anthologies.

Genre:

Anthologies

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,379 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Anthem Press 2016

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Anthem Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bestsellers in Nineteenth Century America seeks to produce for students novels, poems and other printed material that sold extremely well when they first appeared in the United States. Many of the most famous American works of the nineteenth century that we know today - such as Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" - were not widely read when they first appeared. This collection seeks to offer its readers a glimpse at the literature that lit up the literary horizon when the works were first published, leading to insights on key cultural aspects of the nineteenth-century United States and its literary culture.

Notes:

CC BY-NC

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 17, 2016).

ISBN:

9781783085811

1783085819

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access