Founded in fiction : the uses of fiction in the early United States /

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"This monograph presents a new history of early American literature that traces the diverse forms of fiction circulating in the early United States (1789-1861) and how they shaped the way Americans thought and argued about political and cultural issues of their age"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koenigs, Thomas, 1985- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
1700-1899
American fiction > 18th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Literature and society > United States > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Politics and literature.
Social problems in literature.
Roman américain > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Politique et littérature.
Problèmes sociaux dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Social problems in literature
Politics and literature
Literature and society
United States
Arthur Gordon Pym.
Jacksonian.
Sheppard Lee.
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
antebellum.
classic.
development of American novel.
early American literature.
female conduct.
history of the novel.
inner life.
leisure.
literary history.
literary hoaxes.
novelization.
slave interiority.
slave narrative.
slave narratives.
slavery.
social activity.
theory of the novel.
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I
  • chapter 1 The Problem of Fictionality and the Nonfictional Novel
  • chapter 2 Republican Fictions
  • chapter 3 Fictionality and Female Conduct
  • PART II
  • chapter 4 The Shifting Logics of Historical Fiction
  • chapter 5 Hoaxing in an Age of Novels
  • chapter 6 Fictionality and Social Criticism
  • chapter 7 Fictionality, Slavery, and Intersubjective Knowledge
  • Coda: Romance and Reality in the 1850s and Beyond
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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