Author: Arthur Garfield KennedyPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A Concise Bibliography for Students of English
Author: Arthur Garfield KennedyPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Occasional Papers
Author: The Cambridge History of the American Novel
Author: Leonard CassutoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316184439
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1271
Book Description
This ambitious literary history traces the American novel from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to its diverse incarnations in the multi-ethnic, multi-media culture of the present day. In a set of original essays by renowned scholars from all over the world, the volume extends important critical debates and frames new ones. Offering new views of American classics, it also breaks new ground to show the role of popular genres - such as science fiction and mystery novels - in the creation of the literary tradition. One of the original features of this book is the dialogue between the essays, highlighting cross-currents between authors and their works as well as across historical periods. While offering a narrative of the development of the genre, the History reflects the multiple methodologies that have informed readings of the American novel and will change the way scholars and readers think about American literary history.
A Guide to Selected Microform Series and Their Indexes
Author: Peter P. OlevnikPublisher:
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Category : Microforms
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A Fictive People
Author: Ronald J. ZborayPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019507582X
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers."
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
A Kaleidoscope of Digital American Literature
Author: Martha L. BroganPublisher: Digital Library Federation
ISBN: 1933645288
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"This report will be useful to anyone interested in the current state of online American literature resources. Its purpose is twofold: to offer a sampling of the types of digital resources currently available or under development in support of American literature; and to identify the prevailing concerns of specialists in the field as expressed during interviews conducted between July 2004 and May 2005. Part two of the report consolidates the results of these interviews with an exploration of resources currently available. Part three examines six categories of digital work in progress: (1) quality-controlled subject gateways, (2) author studies, (3) public domain e-book collections and alternative publishing models, (4) proprietary reference resources and full-text primary source collections, (5) collections by design, and (6) teaching applications. This survey is informed by a selective review of the recent literature."--CLIR Web site.
Guide to the Study of United States Imprints
Author: George Thomas TansellePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674367616
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
American Mystery and Detective Novels
Author: Larry LandrumPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003270
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Mystery and detective novels are popular fictional genres within Western literature. As such, they provide a wealth of information about popular art and culture. When the genre develops within various cultures, it adopts, and proceeds to dominate, native expressions and imagery. American mystery and detective novels appeared in the late nineteenth century. This reference provides a selective guide to the important criticism of American mystery and detective novels and presents general features of the genre and its historical development over the past two centuries. Critical approaches covered in the volume include story as game, images, myth criticism, formalism and structuralism, psychonalysis, Marxism and more. Comparisons with related genres, such as gothic, suspense, gangster, and postmodern novels, illustrate similarities and differences important to the understanding of the unique components of mystery and detective fiction. The guide is divided into five major sections: a brief history, related genres, criticism, authors, and reference. This organization accounts for the literary history and types of novels stemming from the mystery and detective genre. A chronology provides a helpful overview of the development and transformation of the genre.
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