Reading Fiction in Antebellum America: Informed Response and Reception Histories, 1820-1865

by James L. Machor

Book Overview

James L. Machor offers a sweeping exploration of how American fiction was received in both public and private spheres in the United States before the Civil War.

Machor takes four antebellum authors--Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Catharine Sedgwick, and Caroline Chesebro'--and analyzes how their works were published, received, and interpreted. Drawing on discussions found in book reviews and in private letters and diaries, Machor examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801898749
• ISBN13: 9780801898747
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher