Christmas Past: An Anthology of Seasonal Stories from Nineteenth-Century America

by Thomas Ruys Smith

As the modern celebration of Christmas took shape across the nineteenth century, American writers gave it new meaning in the pages of countless books and magazines. Now, for the first time, this rich anthology brings together some of the most significant of those seasonal stories to retell a forgotten tale of Christmases past.

From the authors who helped define a national literary culture, to the popular sentimentalists who negotiated Christmas's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807176087
• ISBN13: 9780807176085
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 9.2"