The Oxford History of the Novel in English
by Priscilla Wald, Michael A. Elliott, Patrick Parrinder, Jonathan Arac
American fiction, history and criticism, 19th centuryAmerican fiction, history and criticism, 20th centuryLiterature and societyNational characteristics, americanNational characteristics in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticismHistory
"This volume highlights the development of the American novel within the context of global networks of influence and will cover topics like Reconstruction and the novel, the immigrant bildungsroman, early cinema and the novel, religious narratives, the innovations of Henry James, comics and the novel, and hardboiled detective fiction, among many others" --
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