Novels, readers, and reviewers : responses to fiction in antebellum America /
This book describes and characterizes responses of American readers to fiction in the generation before the Civil War. It is based on close examination of the reviews of all novels-both American and European-that appeared in major American periodicals during the years 1840-1860, a period in which ma...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1984.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2 . The Triumph Of The Novel
- 3 . Novel Readers And Novel Reading
- 4. Plot, The Formal Principle
- 5 . Character
- 6. Aspects Of Narration
- 7 . Aspects Of The Narrator
- 8 . The Novel As A Picture Of Nature
- 9. Morality And Moral Tendency
- 10.Classes Of Novels
- 11.Romances, Historical Novels, National Novels
- 12.Authors
- 13.Conclusion
- Bibliographical Note
- Index