The dream of the great American novel

Author(s)

• Buell, Lawrence

Bibliographic Information

The dream of the great American novel

Lawrence Buell

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014

• : [hardback]

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Taking in the full sweep of national fiction, this title explains why this supposedly antiquated idea continues to thrive. It shows that four G A N "scripts" are keys to the dynamics of American literature and identity - and to the myth of a nation perpetually under construction.

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Details

• NCID: BB14905864
• ISBN:
  • 9780674051157
• LCCN: 2013032745
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 567 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS377
  • DC23 : 813.009
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : National characteristics, American, in literature
  • LCSH : Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : United States -- In literature