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The emergence of American literary narrative, 1820-1860

Title
The emergence of American literary narrative, 1820-1860 / Jonathan Arac.
Author
Arac, Jonathan, 1945-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

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267 pages; 21 cm
Summary
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Note
  • "Originally published in The Cambridge history of American literature, volume 2, 1820-1865, edited by Sacvan Bercovitch"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.
Contents
Establishing National Narrative -- Local Narratives -- Personal Narratives -- Literary Narratives -- Crisis of Literary Narrative and Consolidation of National Narrative.
ISBN
  • 0674018699 (alk. paper)
  • 9780674018693 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2005046135
OCLC
  • ocm59360177
  • SCSB-5687660
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Columbia University Libraries