Title: The emergence of American literary narrative, 1820-1860
First published: 2005
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.
Subjects: American fiction, History and criticism, Narration (Rhetoric), History, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Roman américain, Histoire et critique, Narration, Histoire, Fictie, Amerikaans, Prosa
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PS368 .A73 2005