Thompson, Gary Richard1937-creatorWiley InterScience (Online service)textbibliographyElectronic books.Criticism, interpretation, etc.njuHoboken, N.JWiley-Blackwell20111st ed.monographiceng

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1 online resource (pages .)."An indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, Reading the American Novel 1865-1914 provides a comprehensive introduction to the American novel in the post-civil war period. Locates American novels and stories within a specific historical and literary context Offers fresh analyses of key selected literary works Addresses a wide audience of academics and non-academics in clear, accessible prose Demonstrates the changing mentality of 19th-century America entering the 20th century Explores the relationship between the intellectual and artistic output of the time and the turbulent socio-political context"--Front Matter -- Introduction -- Toward the ₃Great American Novel₄ -- Of Realism and Reality -- Dramas of the Broken Teacup -- The Nature of Naturalism -- Implacable Nature, Household Tragedy, and Epic Romance -- Frank Norris -- The Rocking Horse Winners -- Subjective Realism -- Impressions of War -- Sense and Sensibility -- Domestic Feminism -- ₃All the Happy Endings₄ -- Vulgarians at the Gate -- Tea-Table as Jungle -- Economies of Pain -- The ₃Gilded Age₄ -- What Is An American? -- The Territory Ahead -- The ₃Dream of a Republic₄ -- At the Modernist Margin -- Bibliographical Resources -- Index.G.R. Thompson.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-us--- 1800-1999 fast American fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismLITERARY CRITICISMAmericanGeneralAmerican fictionPS377 .T47 2011813/.409LIT004020Thompson, Gary Richard, 1937-Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 20111st ed.(DLC) 2011026037(OCoLC)70968273697814443442711444344277063123406397806312340671444344242978144434424010.1002/9781444344271 Wiley InterSciencehttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444344271http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444344271DG111111720171116092245.0ocn761319839eng