Truth's Ragged Edge

by Philip F. Gura

Book Overview

From the acclaimed cultural historian Philip F. Gura comes Truth's Ragged Edge, a comprehensive and original history of the American novel's first century. Grounded in Gura's extensive consideration of the diverse range of important early novels, not just those that remain widely read today, this book recovers many long-neglected but influential writers--such as the escaped slave Harriet Jacobs, the free black Philadelphian Frank J. Webb,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374534403
• ISBN13: 9780374534400
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"