The American Historical Romance (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 31, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780521389372
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Romanticism; 19th Century American Novel And Short Story; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; English; Literary Criticism; USA; United States; American - General; Historical fiction, American--History and cri; Historical fiction, American--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; Historical fiction, American; History and criticism; United States in literature
First sentence: For more than a century and a half, the biggest bestsellers, the favorite fictions of succeeding generations of American readers, have been historical romances.