By Robert Paul Lamb
A significant other to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking choice of essays written by means of prime critics for a large viewers of students, scholars, and normal readers.
- An particularly broad-ranging and available Companion to the examine of yank fiction of the post-civil warfare interval and the early 20th century Brings jointly 29 essays by means of most sensible students, every one of which provides a synthesis of the simplest examine and gives an unique perspective
- Divided into sections on historic traditions and genres, contexts and topics, and significant authors
- Covers a mix of canonical and the non-canonical issues, authors, literatures, and important approaches
- Explores leading edge issues, similar to ecological literature and ecocriticism, children’s literature, and the effect of Darwin on fiction
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