A Companion to the American Novel

Featuring 37 essays by distinguished literary scholars, A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive single–volume treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from the late 18th century to the present day. Represents the most comprehensive single–volume introduction to this popular literary form currently available Features 37 contributions from a wide range of distinguished literary scholars Includes essays on topics and genres, historical overviews, and key individual works, including The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, Beloved, and many more. INDICE: Notes on Contributors ix.Preface xix.Acknowledgments xxi.A Chronology of the American Novel xxii.Part I: Historical Developments 1.1 The Development of the American Novel: The Transformations of Genre 3Alfred Bendixen.2 The American Novel: Beginnings Through the American Renaissance 19Maria Karafilis.3 The American Novel: Realism and Naturalism (1860–1920) 42Jeanne Campbell Reesman.4 Modernism and the American Novel 60Peter L. Hays.5 Beyond Modernism: The American Novel Between the World Wars 76Alfred Bendixen.6 The Cold War Novel: The American Novel Between 1945–1970 90Sharon Becker and Wendy Martin.7 The Novel in a Changing America: Multiculturalism and Other Issues (1970–Present) 109Martha J. Cutter.Part II: Genres and Traditions 127.8 Fear, Ambiguity, and Transgression: The Gothic Novel in the United States 129Charles L. Crow.9 The American Historical Romance: From James Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, and E. L. Doctorow 147Emily Miller Budick.10 Making This Whole Nation Feel: The Sentimental Novel in the United States 170Marianne Noble.11 Social Protest, Reform, and the American Political Novel 187Chip Rhodes.12 The American War Novel Tradition and the Individual Soldier 206James H. Meredith.13 From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Comic Traditions in the American Novel 218Judith Yaross Lee.14 Plotting a Way Home: The Jewish American Novel 241Derek Parker Royal.15 Chicano/a Traditions in the American Novel 259Juan J. Alonzo.16 African American Traditions and the American Novel 274Melvin Donalson.17 The American Novel of Mystery, Crime, and Detection 291Leonard Cassuto.18 O Brave New Worlds: Science Fiction and the American Novel 309Eric S. Rabkin.19 Dreaming of a White Future: Mary E. Bradley Lane, Edward Bellamy, and the Origins of the Utopian Novel in the United States 323Jean Pfaelzer.20 Queer Theory and the American Novel 342Deborah Carlin.21 The American Short–Story Cycle: Out From the Novel?s Shadow 357Robert M. Luscher.Part III: Major Texts 373.22 The Woman?s Law in Hawthorne?s The Scarlet Letter 375Monika Elbert.23 Writ in Water: The Books of Melville?s Moby–Dick 394Wyn Kelley.24 Wonder of Wonders: Harriet Beecher Stowe?s Uncle Tom?s Cabin 408Susan Belasco.25 Citational Strategies and Literary Traditions: Placing Henry James?s The Portrait of a Lady 422Greg W. Zacharias.26 Mark Twain?s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Child?s Search for Comfort and Peace 443Michael J. Kiskis.27 What Women Want: Kate Chopin?s The Awakening 454Emily Toth.28 Private Fleming?s Various Battles: Stephen Crane?s The Red Badge of Courage 465James Nagel.29 Lily?s Story: Edith Wharton?s House of Mirth 475Kathy Fedorko.30 The Confessional Narration of Ernest Hemingway?s The Sun Also Rises 488James Nagel.31 Fitzgerald?s The Great Gatsby and the Myth of the Land 499Richard Lehan.32 Ground Zero: Faulkner?s The Sound and the Fury 510Philip Weinstein.33 A Bigger Vision: Richard Wright?s Native Son and the Great American Novel 525Andrew Warnes.34 Our Invisible Man: The Aesthetic Genealogy of US Diversity 537John Carlos Rowe.35 The Visionary Exuberance of Saul Bellow?s The Adventures of Augie March 554Ben Siegel.36 The Flesh and the Word: Toni Morrison?s Beloved 570Valerie Smith.37 A Different Kind of Love Story: Cormac McCarthy?s The Road 582Olivia Carr Edenfield.Selected Readings in the Genres of the American Novel 598.Index 610

• ISBN: 978-1-118-91748-0
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 704
• Fecha Publicación: 21/11/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés