Novels, Readers, and Reviewers Responses to Fiction in Antebellum America |
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Author:
| Baym, Nina |
ISBN: | 978-1-5017-2776-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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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 magazines, novels, and novel reviews all...
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 magazines, novels, and novel reviews all...