The Columbia History of the American Novel

By: Emory Elliott (Editor), Cathy Davidson (Editor), Patrick O'Donnell (Editor), Valerie Smith (Editor), Christopher Wilson (Editor)

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Hardcover | 20 December 1991 | Edition Number 1

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The first history of America's major literary form offers new views of our literary history and a sophisticated examination of areas of fiction that have only recently begun to receive attention.

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Recommended for all literature and reference collections. "Recommended for all literature and reference collections." -- "Library Journal"

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction Non-Fiction Prose Education Research & Information Research Methods

Beginnings to the Mid-Nineteenth Century	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Early American Novel	p. 6
Autobiography and the Early Novel	p. 26
The Book Marketplace I	p. 46
The Romance	p. 72
Romance and Race	p. 89
Domesticity and Fiction	p. 110
Fiction and Reform I	p. 130
The Late Nineteenth Century	p. 155
Introduction	p. 157
Realism	p. 160
Fiction and the Science of Society	p. 189
Fiction and Reform II	p. 216
Nation, Region, and Empire	p. 240
Gender and Fiction	p. 267
Popular Forms I	p. 285
The Early Twentieth Century	p. 307
Introduction	p. 309
Modernist Eruptions	p. 311
American Proletarianism	p. 331
Popular Forms II	p. 357
Ethnicity and the Marketplace	p. 380
Race and Region	p. 407
Fiction of the West	p. 437
Technology and the Novel	p. 465
Society and Identity	p. 485
The Late Twentieth Century	p. 511
Introduction	p. 513
Postmodern Culture	p. 515
Postmodern Realism	p. 521
Constructing Gender	p. 542
Canada in Fiction	p. 558
Caribbean Fiction	p. 586
Latin American Fiction	p. 607
Colonialism, Imperialism, and Imagined Homes	p. 649
The Book Marketplace II	p. 679
Postmodern Fiction	p. 697
The Avant-Garde	p. 726
Biographies of American Authors	p. 753
Selected Bibliography of Critical Works	p. 821
Notes on Contributors	p. 847
Index	p. 853
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