Belonging and Narrative : A Theory of the American Novel

Belonging and Narrative A Theory of the American Novel

Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern individuals to give meaning and mooring to their lives. Drawing on phenomenological hermeneutics, human ge...

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Main Author: Bieger, Laura (Author)
Corporate Author: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2019: Backlist Collection funder (funder)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2018
Bielefeld : [2018]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Lettre
Subjects:
Brown, Charles Brockden, > 1771-1810. > Edgar Huntly.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, > 1849-1909. > Country of the pointed firs.
Roth, Henry. > Call it sleep.
Powers, Richard, > 1957- > Echo maker.
Call it sleep (Roth, Henry)
Country of the pointed firs (Jewett, Sarah Orne)
Edgar Huntly (Brown, Charles Brockden)
Narrative Theory; American Novel; Space and Place; Literature; America; American Studies; Cultural History; Cultural Studies; Literary Studies;
America.
American Novel.
American Studies.
Cultural History.
Cultural Studies.
Literary Studies.
Literature.
Space and Place.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430295406719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface 7 1. Belonging, Narrative, and the Art of the Novel 13 2. Poisoned Letters from a Gothic Frontier 41 3. The Art of Attachment 73 4. Dwelling in What is Found 105 5. Of Cranes and Brains 135 Works Cited 163

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