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Author:

Davidson, Cathy N., 1949-

Title:

Revolution and the word : the rise of the novel in America / Cathy N. Davidson.

Edition:

Expanded ed.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xv, 458 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Social history in literature.
United States--Literature and the revolution.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Literature and the revolution.
American fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States.
United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
Romans.
Fictie.
Roman américain--18e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Roman américain--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Histoire sociale dans la littérature.
Littérature et société--États-Unis.
États-Unis--Civilisation--1783-1865.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-442) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : toward a history of texts -- The book in the new republic -- Ideology and genre -- Literacy, education, and the reader -- Commodity and communication : the first American novel -- Privileging the Feme covert : the sociology of sentimental fiction -- The Picaresque and the margins of political discourse -- Early American gothic : the limits of individualism -- Afterword : texts as histories.

ISBN:

9780195148237 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0195148231 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780195177718 (acid-free paper)
0195177711 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56464522

LCCN:

2004275850

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)