Revolution and the Word : The Rise of the Novel in America.
Davidson, Cathy N.
Revolution and the Word : The Rise of the Novel in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (477 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to the Expanded Edition -- PART ONE -- 1 Introduction: Toward a History of Texts -- 2 The Book in the New Republic -- 3 Ideology and Genre -- 4 Literacy, Education, and the Reader -- PART TWO -- 5 Commodity and Communication: The First American Novel -- 6 Privileging the Feme Covert: The Sociology of Sentimental Fiction -- 7 The Picaresque and the Margins of Political Discourse -- 8 Early American Gothic: The Limits of Individualism -- 9 Afterword: Texts as Histories -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Revolution and the Word remains the classic study of the co-emergence of the U.S. nation and the new literary genre of the novel. This expanded edition reframes this foundational study for the next generation of readers as it provides a new introductory survey and critique of the turbulent, controversial, and productive thinking in literary and cultural theory during the last two decades.
9780199930524
American fiction-19th century-History and criticism.
Social history in literature.
American fiction-18th century-History and criticism.
Literature and society-United States.
United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Literature and the revolution.
United States-Civilization-1783-1865.
Electronic books.
PS374.S67 .D385 2004
810.9/358
Revolution and the Word : The Rise of the Novel in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (477 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to the Expanded Edition -- PART ONE -- 1 Introduction: Toward a History of Texts -- 2 The Book in the New Republic -- 3 Ideology and Genre -- 4 Literacy, Education, and the Reader -- PART TWO -- 5 Commodity and Communication: The First American Novel -- 6 Privileging the Feme Covert: The Sociology of Sentimental Fiction -- 7 The Picaresque and the Margins of Political Discourse -- 8 Early American Gothic: The Limits of Individualism -- 9 Afterword: Texts as Histories -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Revolution and the Word remains the classic study of the co-emergence of the U.S. nation and the new literary genre of the novel. This expanded edition reframes this foundational study for the next generation of readers as it provides a new introductory survey and critique of the turbulent, controversial, and productive thinking in literary and cultural theory during the last two decades.
9780199930524
American fiction-19th century-History and criticism.
Social history in literature.
American fiction-18th century-History and criticism.
Literature and society-United States.
United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Literature and the revolution.
United States-Civilization-1783-1865.
Electronic books.
PS374.S67 .D385 2004
810.9/358