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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Thompson, Gary Richard (1937-....)
Titre(s) : Reading the American novel 1865-1914 [Texte électronique] / G.R. Thompson
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Reading the novel
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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"
Sujet(s) : Roman américain -- 19e siècle
Roman américain -- 20e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
813.409 (23e éd.) = Roman américain de langue anglaise - 1861-1899 - Histoire et critique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781444344271
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44662718s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44662718
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Toward the ?great American novel? : romance and romanticism in the age of realism
; Of realism and reality : definitions and contexts ; Dramas of the broken teacup
: American ?quiet? realism ; The nature of naturalism : definitions and backgrounds
; Implacable nature, household tragedy, and epic romance ; Frank Norris : the beast
within ; The rocking horse winners : Theodore Dreiser and urban naturalism ; Subjective
realism : Stephen Crane{u2019}s impressionist fictions ; Impressions of war : The
interior battlefield ; Sense and sensibility : sentimental domesticity and ?new woman{u2019}s
fiction? ; Domestic feminism : the problematic Louisa May Alcott ; ?All the happy
endings? : marriage, insanity, and suicide ; Vulgarians at the gate : Edith Wharton
and the collapse of gentility ; Tea-table as jungle : Henry James and ?the psychopathology
of everyday life? ; Economies of pain : W. D. Howells ; The ?Gilded Age? : genteel
critics and militant muckrakers ; What is an
