The emergence of American literary narrative, 1820-1860
By: by Jonathan Arac.
Edition: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "In the mid-nineteenth century writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville produced works of fiction that even today, centuries later, help to define what American literature means. In this work of innovative literary history, Jonathan Arac explains what made this remarkable creativity possible and what it accomplished. His work also delves into a deep paradox that has haunted American literature: our nation's great works of literary narrative place themselves at a tense distance from our national life."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Originally published in The Cambridge history of American literature, volume 2, 1820-1865, edited by Sacvan Bercovitch"--Copyr. p.