Title: The Oxford History of the Novel in English
Description: "This volume highlights the development of the American novel within the context of global networks of influence and will cover topics like Reconstruction and the novel, the immigrant bildungsroman, early cinema and the novel, religious narratives, the innovations of Henry James, comics and the novel, and hardboiled detective fiction, among many others" --
Subjects: American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Literature and society, National characteristics, american, National characteristics in literature, American fiction, History and criticism, History, National characteristics, American, in literature, Transnationalism in literature, Roman