{"product_id":"a-companion-to-american-fiction-1865-1914-hardback-9781405100649","title":"A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914 (Hardback) 9781405100649","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914\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\"\u003eRobert Paul Lamb (Edited by), RP Lamb (Author), G. R. Thompson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405100649, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e642 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 4.6 cm, 1.297 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\"All praise to Lamb and Thompson … Comprehensive, well written and carefully edited ... Essential.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The editors have intended the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e to be an introduction to the field and a reference tool for 'advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty members and general intellectuals'. In this they have succeeded admirably.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\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\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDivided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children's literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations x  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditors' Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Paul Lamb and G. R. Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHistorical Traditions and Genres\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Practice and Promotion of American Literary Realism 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Glazener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Excitement and Consciousness in the Romance Tradition 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Scheick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Sentimental and Domestic Traditions, 1865–1900 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregg Camfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Morality, Modernity, and \"Malarial Restlessness\": American Realism in its Anglo-European Contexts 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWinfried Fluck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 American Literary Naturalism 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristophe Den Tandt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 American Regionalism: Local Color, National Literature, Global Circuits 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJune Howard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Women Authors and the Roots of American Modernism 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Wagner-Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Short Story and the Short-Story Sequence, 1865–1914 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Gerald Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eContexts and Themes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ecological Narrative and Nature Writing 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS. K. Robisch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 \"The Frontier Story\": The Violence of Literary History 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine Bold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Native American Narratives: Resistance and Survivance 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerald Vizenor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Representing the Civil War and Reconstruction: From Uncle Tom to Uncle Remus 240\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathleen Diffley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Engendering the Canon: Women's Narratives, 1865–1914 260\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrace Farrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Confronting the Crisis: African American Narratives 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDickson D. Bruce, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Fiction's Many Cities 296\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSidney H. Bremer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Mapping the Culture of Abundance: Literary Narratives and Consumer Culture 318\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Way Sherman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Secrets of the Master's Deed Box: Narrative and Class 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher P. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Ethnic Realism 356\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert M. Dowling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Darwin, Science, and Narrative 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBert Bender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Writing in the \"Vulgar Tongue\": Law and American Narrative 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam E. Moddelmog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Planning Utopia 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Peyser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 American Children's Narrative as Social Criticism, 1865–1914 428\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGwen Athene Tarbox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMajor Authors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e449\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 An Idea of Order at Concord: Soul and Society in the Mind of Louisa May Alcott 451\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Matteson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 America Can Break Your Heart: On the Significance of Mark Twain 468\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Paul Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 William Dean Howells and the Bourgeois Quotidian: Affection, Skepticism, Disillusion 499\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Anesko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Henry James in a New Century 518\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Carlos Rowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Toward a Modernist Aesthetic: The Literary Legacy of Edith Wharton 536\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCandace Waid and Clare Colquitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Sensations of Style: The Literary Realism of Stephen Crane 557\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam E. 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