| Nineteenth-Century American Romance Contributor(s): Miller Budick, E. Miller (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805709606 ISBN-13: 9780805709605 Publisher: Twayne Publishers OUR PRICE: $48.31 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1996 Annotation: Nineteenth-century American romance, as a genre, is defined by the writings of a particular group of authors - James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Henry James - all of whom are associated with one another in time and place. In this volume, Emily Miller Budick examines the genre both as a style and within a historical context. She interprets American romance as an evolving literary aesthetic and cultural philosophy - as an effort by a group of writers to produce what Noah Webster called an "American tongue", a language imbued with the values of democracy and pluralism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference |
| Dewey: 813.308 |
| LCCN: 96024265 |
| Series: Twayne's Studies in Literary Themes & Genres |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.69" W x 8.66" (0.80 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Students and teachers alike will welcome the books in this series as accessible introductions to many widely studied themes and genres. Each book includes: an in-depth analyses of four to six exemplary texts; an extensive annotated list of works for further reading; a bibliographic essay; a chronology of major authors, works, and historical events of importance in the development of the theme or genre; and an overview of the evolution of the theme or genre. |