Reading the American novel, 1780-1865 / Shirley Samuels.
| Author/creator | Samuels, Shirley |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Description | xvi, 185 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Reading the novel Reading the novel. ^A587793 |
| Contents | Preface -- Introduction to the American novel : from Charles Brockden Brown's gothic novels to Caroline Kirkland's wilderness -- Historical codes in literary analysis : the writing projects of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Hannah Crafts -- Women, blood, and contract : land claims in Lydia Maria Child, Catharine Sedgwick, and James Fenimore Cooper -- Black rivers, red letters, and white whales : mobility and desire in Catherine Williams, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville -- Promoting the nation in James Fenimore Cooper and Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Women's worlds in the 19th century novel : Susan B. Warner, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Fanny Fern, E.D.E.N. Southworth, Harriet Wilson, and Louisa May Alcott -- Afterword. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011032108 |
| ISBN | 9780631232872 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0631232877 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9780631232889 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0631232885 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |