Title The American historical romance / George Dekker

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1987] ©1987

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	813.085 D3283/A		AVAILABLE

Description viii, 376 pages ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture Cambridge studies in American literature and culture. Contents The American historical romance: a prospectus -- The Waverley-model and the rise of historical romance -- Historical romance and the stadialist model of progress -- The regionalism of historical romance -- Hawthorne and the ironies of New England history -- Melville: the red comets return -- The hero and heroine of historical romance -- The historical romance of the South -- Retrospect: departures and returns Analysis Fiction in English American writers Historical novels, 1800-1900 - Critical studies Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 344-368 Subject Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism. Historical fiction, American. Romanticism -- United States. SUBJECT United States -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100036 LC no. 87006400 ISBN 0521332826

  Permalink