{"product_id":"a-companion-to-american-fiction-1780-1865-paperback-softback-9781405158916","title":"A Companion to American Fiction, 1780 - 1865 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405158916","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to American Fiction, 1780 - 1865\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShirley Samuels (Edited by), SS Samuels (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405158916, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.3 x 3.2 cm, 0.844 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Particularly impressive... Taken together the essays constitute a dense realization of a critically resurgent period, with the historical dimension emphatic throughout.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A good resource for those just embarking on the study of American literature. Recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws heavily on historical and cultural contexts in its consideration of American fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRelates the fiction of the period to conflicts about territory and sovereignty and to issues of gender, race, ethnicity and identity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers different forms of fiction, including children’s literature, sketches, polemical pieces, historical romances, Gothic novels and novels of exploration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders both canonical and lesser-known authors, including James Fennimore Cooper, Hannah Foster, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Harriet Beecher Stowe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTreats neglected topics, such as the Western novel, science and the novel, and American fiction in languages other than English\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments xvi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShirley Samuels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I Historical and Cultural Contexts 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 National Narrative and the Problem of American Nationhood 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Gerald Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Fiction and Democracy 20\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Downes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Democratic Fictions 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSandra M. Gustafson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Engendering American Fictions 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartha J. Cutter and Caroline F. Levander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Race and Ethnicity 52\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert S. Levine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Class 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Gould\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Sexualities 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eValerie Rohy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Religion 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Gutjahr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Education and Polemic 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephanie Foote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Marriage and Contract 108\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNaomi Morgenstern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Transatlantic Ventures 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWil Verhoeven and Stephen Shapiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Other Languages, Other Americas 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirsten Silva Gruesz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Forms of Fiction 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Literary Histories 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Drexler and Ed White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Breeding and Reading: Chesterfieldian Civility in the Early Republic 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Lukasik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The American Gothic 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarianne Noble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Sensational Fiction 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShelley Streeby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Melodrama and American Fiction 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLori Merish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Delicate Boundaries: Passing and Other ‘‘Crossings’’ in Fictionalized Slave Narratives 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCherene Sherrard-Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Doctors, Bodies, and Fiction 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephanie P. Browner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Law and the American Novel 228\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura H. Korobkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Labor and Fiction 239\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCindy Weinstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Words for Children 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol J. Singley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Dime Novels 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eColin T. Ramsey and Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Reform and Antebellum Fiction 274\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Castiglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Authors, Locations, Purposes 285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Problem of the City 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 New Landscapes 301\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Gothic Meets Sensation: Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Allan Poe, George Lippard, and E. D. E. N. Southworth 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDana Luciano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Retold Legends: Washington Irving, James Kirke Paulding, and John Pendleton Kennedy 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Barnard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Captivity and Freedom: Ann Eliza Bleecker, Harriet Prescott Spofford, and Washington Irving’s ‘‘Rip Van Winkle’’ 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric Gary Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 New England Tales: Catharine Sedgwick, Catherine Brown, and the Dislocations of Indian Land 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBethany Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Harriet Beecher Stowe, Caroline Lee Hentz, Herman Melville, and American Racialist Exceptionalism 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatherine Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Fictions of the South: Southern Portraits of Slavery 378\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Buffington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The West 388\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Watts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Old Southwest: Mike Fink, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson Jones Hooper, and George Washington Harris 400\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Rachels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 James Fenimore Cooper and the Invention of the American Novel 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWayne Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Sea: Herman Melville and Moby-Dick 425\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephanie A. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 National Narrative and National History 434\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuss Castronovo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 445\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437779775768,"sku":"9781405158916","price":37.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405158916.jpg?v=1784939751","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-american-fiction-1780-1865-paperback-softback-9781405158916","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}