The sketch, the tale, and the beginnings of American literature /

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"Combining history, print history, and literary criticism, this book shows how short fiction of the early nineteenth century, including sketches and tales, was vital to the birth of a national literary tradition, the great American novel, and even what it meant to be American"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fash, Lydia G., 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Short stories, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Literary form > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > United States > History > 19th century.
Nouvelles américaines > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Genres littéraires > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
American fiction
Books and reading
Literary form
Literature and society
Short stories, American
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Dueling Temporalities in Irving's Best-Selling Sketch Book
  • 2. Biding Time in Hale's Ladies' Magazine
  • 3. Nonsynchronous Synchronicity in Sedgwick's Gift Book Stories
  • 4. The Chronicle, the Reckoning, and Hawthorne's Puritan Tales
  • 5. Beginning Detection with Poe's Mary/Marie
  • 6. The Short Fiction Skeleton of the Great American Novel.

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