Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Literary Criticism - U.S. Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous, 19th Century American Literature - Literary Criticism, Psychology & Literature, National Characteristics - North America
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Overview
Examines six American writers of the 19th century, Cooper, Poe, Dickinson, Hawthorne, Melville, and Twain, all of whom felt a sense of 'exile at home,' which came from a disillusionment with many common views of 19th century America.
Editorials
Ken Jackson In Tulsa World
Marder's writing is direct, original, insightful, the work of a craftsman) of a one-time hard-news writer who has earned the time in which he can be definitive. I'll be reading it again and again. I hope you'll join me.CHOICE
...his readings of individual texts are knowing and perceptive. Index and extensive notes. Appropriate for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students.Choice
...his readings of individual texts are knowing and perceptive. Index and extensive notes. Appropriate for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students.Book Details
Published
September 1, 1984
Publisher
Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c1984.
Pages
382
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780819142849