Novels, Readers, and Reviewers : Responses to Fiction in Antebellum America

Novels, Readers, and Reviewers Responses to Fiction in Antebellum America

This book describes and characterizes responses of American readers to fiction in the generation before the Civil War. It is based on close examination of the reviews of all novels-both American and European-that appeared in major American periodicals during the years 1840-1860, a period in which ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Baym, Nina, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2018]
Subjects:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism > United States > History > 19th century.
Book reviewing > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > United States > History > 19th century.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422296506719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2 . The Triumph Of The Novel
  • 3 . Novel Readers And Novel Reading
  • 4. Plot, The Formal Principle
  • 5 . Character
  • 6. Aspects Of Narration
  • 7 . Aspects Of The Narrator
  • 8 . The Novel As A Picture Of Nature
  • 9. Morality And Moral Tendency
  • 10.Classes Of Novels
  • 11.Romances, Historical Novels, National Novels
  • 12.Authors
  • 13.Conclusion
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index

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