The Emergence of American Literary Narrative, 1820-1860

by Jonathan Arac

In the mid-nineteenth century writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville produced works of fiction that even today, centuries later, help to define what American literature means. In this work of innovative literary history, Jonathan Arac explains what made this remarkable creativity possible and what it accomplished. His work also delves into a deep paradox that has haunted American literature: our nation's great works of literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674018699
• ISBN13: 9780674018693
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"