TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Gary Richard ED - Wiley InterScience (Online service) TI - Reading the American novel 1865-1914 T2 - Reading the novel SN - 9781444344271 AV - PS377 .T47 2011 U1 - 813/.409 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - American fiction KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - 20th century KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - American KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Introduction -- Toward the ₃Great American Novel₄ -- Of Realism and Reality -- Dramas of the Broken Teacup -- The Nature of Naturalism -- Implacable Nature, Household Tragedy, and Epic Romance -- Frank Norris -- The Rocking Horse Winners -- Subjective Realism -- Impressions of War -- Sense and Sensibility -- Domestic Feminism -- ₃All the Happy Endings₄ -- Vulgarians at the Gate -- Tea-Table as Jungle -- Economies of Pain -- The ₃Gilded Age₄ -- What Is An American? -- The Territory Ahead -- The ₃Dream of a Republic₄ -- At the Modernist Margin -- Bibliographical Resources -- Index N2 - "An indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, Reading the American Novel 1865-1914 provides a comprehensive introduction to the American novel in the post-civil war period. Locates American novels and stories within a specific historical and literary context Offers fresh analyses of key selected literary works Addresses a wide audience of academics and non-academics in clear, accessible prose Demonstrates the changing mentality of 19th-century America entering the 20th century Explores the relationship between the intellectual and artistic output of the time and the turbulent socio-political context"-- UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444344271 ER -