The Novel of Purpose : Literature and Social Reform in the Anglo-American World /

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In the nineteenth century, Great Britain and the United States shared a single literary marketplace that linked the reform movements, as well as the literatures, of the two nations. The writings of transatlantic reformers-antislavery, temperance, and suffrage activists-gave novelists a new sense of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Claybaugh, Amanda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social problems in literature.
Social movements in literature.
Literature and society.
English fiction.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements sociaux dans la litterature.
Problemes sociaux dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Social reform and the new transatlanticism
  • The novel of purpose and Anglo-American realism
  • Charles Dickens : a reformer abroad and at home
  • Anne Brontë and Elizabeth Stoddard : temperance pledges, marriage vows
  • George Eliot and Henry James : exemplary women and typical Americans
  • Mark Twain : reformers and other con artists
  • Thomas Hardy : new women, old purposes.

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