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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914
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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers.
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- An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective
- Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors
- Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches
- Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children’s literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction
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