The Cambridge history of American literature. Volume 3, Prose writing, 1860-1920 / general editor, S...
The Cambridge history of American literature. Volume 3, Prose writing, 1860-1920 / general editor, S...
The Cambridge history of American literature. Volume 3, Prose writing, 1860-1920 / general editor, Sacvan Bercovitch. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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English
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1 online resource (xi, 813 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction Sacvan Bercovitch; Part I. The American Literary Field, 1860-1890 Richard H. Brodhead: 1. Cultures of letters; 2. After the American Renaissance; 3. Domestic literary culture; 4. Books for the millions; 5. Onstage; 6. Literary high culture; 7. Out of the center; 8. A case study: literar...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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England
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2005.
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This volume covers a pivotal era in the formation of American identity. Four leading scholars connect the literature with the massive historical changes then underway. Richard Brodhead describes the foundation of a permanent literary culture in America. Nancy Bentley locates the origins of nineteenth century Realism in an elite culture's responses...
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The Cambridge history of American literature. Volume 3, Prose writing, 1860-1920 / general editor, Sacvan Bercovitch. [electronic resource]
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English
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1-139-05391-4
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810.915
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991023970901202626
