American Fiction : The Intellectual Background / D. E. S. Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, D. E. S., 1925- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : D. E. S. Maxwell, [1963]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A study of 'Americanness' and evidence of national identity in the American novel. Explores the works of many prominent American authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Mark Twain.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter One. The Poetic Inception

Chapter Two. Poe and the Romantic Experiment

Chapter Three. Politics and Pastoral in Cooper

Chapter Four. The Tragic Phase: Melville and Hawthorne

Chapter Five. Twain as Satirist

Chapter Six. Edith Wharton and the Realists

Chapter Seven. Modern American Fiction and its Inheritance

Appendix A

Appendix B

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231877800

0231877803

OCLC:

1100458747