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A Companion to the American Novel
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
ISBN/EAN: 9781405101196
Umbreit-Nr.: 3207540
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 704 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 10.04.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
- Zusatztext
- Featuring 38 essays by distinguished literary scholars, A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive single-volume treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from the late 18th century to the present day. * Represents the most comprehensive single-volume introduction to this popular literary form currently available * Features 38 contributions from a wide range of distinguished literary scholars * Includes essays on topics and genres, historical overviews, and key individual works, including The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, Beloved, and many more.
- Kurztext
- A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from its emergence in the eighteenth century to the present. Through a series of 38 essays written by a distinguished cast of literary scholars, the Companion provides a broad historical overview of the nature and development of the novel; perceptive studies of the crucial genres, topics, and traditions that define the literary form; and insightful analyses of 16 of the most important works of American fiction, including The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, The Great Gatsby, Beloved, and many more. The variety of approaches presented here reflects the rich diversity of the form as it has evolved in the United States over the past two centuries. With its in-depth coverage and wealth of insights, A Companion to the American Novel is the most valuable single-volume examination of this major literary form available today.
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- InhaltsangabeNotes on Contributors Preface Part I: Historical Developments 1. The Development of the American Novel: The Transformations of Genre Alfred Bendixen 2. The American Novel: Beginnings through the American Renaissance Maria Karafilis 3. The American Novel: Realism and Naturalism (1860-1920) Jeanne Campbell Reesman 4. Modernism and American Literature (1915-1945) Peter L. Hays 5. The American Novel: Beyond Modernism (1915-1945) Alfred Bendixen 6. The Cold War Novel: The American Novel (1945-1970) Sharon Becker and Wendy Martin 7. The Novel in a Changing America: Multiculturalism and Other Issues (1970- present) Martha J. Cutter 8. A Chronology of the American Novel Alfred Bendixen Part II: Genres and Traditions 9. Fear, Ambiguity, and Transgression: The Gothic Novel in the United States Charles L. Crow 10. The American Historical Romance: From James Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, and E. L. Doctorow Emily Miller Budick 11. Making this Whole Nation Feel: The Sentimental Novel in the United States Marianne Noble 12. Social Protest, Reform, and the American Political Novel Chip Rhodes 13. The American War Novel Tradition and the Individual Soldier James H. Meredith 14. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Comic Traditions in the American Novel Judith Yaross Lee 15. Plotting a Way Home: The Jewish American Novel Derek Parker Royal 16. Chicano/a Traditions in the American Novel Juan J. Alonzo 17. African American Traditions and the American Novel Melvin Donalson 18. The American Novel of Mystery, Crime, and Detection Leonard Cassuto 19. O Brave New Worlds: Science Fiction and the American Novel Eric S. Rabkin 20. Dreaming of a White Future: Mary E. Bradley Lane, Edward Bellamy, and the Origins of the Utopian Novel in the United States Jean Pfaelzer 21. Queer Theory and the American Novel Deborah Carlin 22. The American Short-Story Cycle: Out from the Novel's Shadow Robert M. Luscher 23. Selected Readings in the Genres of the American Novel Alfred Bendixen Part III: Major Texts 24. The Woman's Law in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter Monika Elbert 25. Writ in Water: The Books of Melville's Moby-Dick Wyn Kelley 26. Wonder of Wonders: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin Susan Belasco 27. Citational Strategies and Literary Traditions: Placing Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady Greg W. Zacharias 28. A Child's Search for Comfort and Peace: Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Michael J. Kiskis 29. What Women Want: Kate Chopin's The Awakening Emily Toth 30. Private Fleming's Various Battles: Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage James Nagel 31. Lily's Story: Edith Wharton's House of Mirth Kathy Fedorko 32. Jim Burden and the World: Willa Cather's My Antonia Alfred Bendixen 33. The Confessional Narration of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises James Nagel 34. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and the Myth of the Land Richard Lehan 35. Ground Zero: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury Philip M. Weinstein 36. A Bigger Vision: Richard Wright's Native Son and the Great American Novel Andrew Warnes 37. Our Invisible Man: The Aesthetic Genealogy of U.S. Diversity John Carlos Rowe 38. The Visionary Exuberance of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March Ben Siegel 39. The Flesh and the Word: Toni Morrison's Beloved Valerie Smith 40. A Different Kind of Love Story: Cormac McCarthy's The Road Olivia Carr Edenfield