| Michigan in the Novel, 1816-1996: An Annotated Bibliography Contributor(s): Beasecker, Robert (Compiled by), Beseacker, Robert (Author), Beasecker, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814327125 ISBN-13: 9780814327128 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $54.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1998 Annotation: Michigan in the Novel records 1,735 novels published from 1816 through 1996 that are set wholly or partially in the state of Michigan. Consulting literally thousands of novels and visiting scores of libraries, Robert Beasecker spent more than twenty years researching this exhaustive bibliography. Works included are mainstream fiction, mystery and romance novels, juveniles, religious tracts, dime novels, and other marginal or popular genre literature. Omitted are short stories, poetry, drama, screenplays and pageants, and serially published novels with no subsequent separate publication. Foreign works are listed with an added note describing any English translation. Each entry provides a brief descriptive summary of the novel and indicates the U.S. libraries that contain fast editions of the novel. Through its six indexes, Michigan in the Novel provides literary and cultural access to Michigan novels, classifying novels by to title, series, setting, chronology, subject and genre, and Michigan imprints. Intended to serve as a guide for students, teachers, scholars, and readers to explore Michigan's vast, varied, and rich literary landscape, Michigan in the Novel is the most expansive compilation of its kind. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes |
| Dewey: 016.813 |
| LCCN: 97032194 |
| Series: Great Lakes Books (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.32" (1.42 lbs) 382 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This bibliography records 1735 novels published from 1816 through 1996 that are set wholly or partially in the state of Michigan. Each entry provides a brief descriptive summary of the novel and indicates the US libraries that contain first editions of the novel. |