Companion to the American Novel

Informationen zum Autor Alfred Bendixen is Professor of English at Texas A & M University, and Founder and Executive Director of the American Literature Association. His books include Haunted Women (1985), an edition of the composite novel, The Whole Family (1986), The Amber Gods and Other Stories by Harriet Prescott Spofford (1989), Edith Wharton: New Critical Essays (1992), A Companion to the American Short Story (co-edited with James Nagel, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing (co-edited with Judith Hamera, 2009). Klappentext A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from its emergence in the eighteenth century to the present. Through a series of 38 essays written by a distinguished cast of literary scholars, the Companion provides a broad historical overview of the nature and development of the novel; perceptive studies of the crucial genres, topics, and traditions that define the literary form; and insightful analyses of 16 of the most important works of American fiction, including The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, The Great Gatsby, Beloved , and many more. The variety of approaches presented here reflects the rich diversity of the form as it has evolved in the United States over the past two centuries. With its in-depth coverage and wealth of insights, A Companion to the American Novel is the most valuable single-volume examination of this major literary form available today. Zusammenfassung A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from 1780 to the present day. Leading scholars in the field trace the development of the American novel during a specific period, paying special attention to the interaction of cultural forces and aesthetic principles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ix Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi A Chronology of the American Novel xxii Part I: Historical Developments 1 1 The Development of the American Novel: The Transformations of Genre 3 Alfred Bendixen 2 The American Novel: Beginnings Through the American Renaissance 19 Maria Karafilis 3 The American Novel: Realism and Naturalism (1860-1920) 42 Jeanne Campbell Reesman 4 Modernism and the American Novel 60 Peter L. Hays 5 Beyond Modernism: The American Novel Between the World Wars 76 Alfred Bendixen 6 The Cold War Novel: The American Novel Between 1945-1970 90 Sharon Becker and Wendy Martin 7 The Novel in a Changing America: Multiculturalism and Other Issues (1970-Present) 109 Martha J. Cutter Part II: Genres and Traditions 127 8 Fear, Ambiguity, and Transgression: The Gothic Novel in the United States 129 Charles L. Crow 9 The American Historical Romance: From James Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, and E. L. Doctorow 147 Emily Miller Budick 10 Making This Whole Nation Feel: The Sentimental Novel in the United States 170 Marianne Noble 11 Social Protest, Reform, and the American Political Novel 187 Chip Rhodes 12 The American War Novel Tradition and the Individual Soldier 206 James H. Meredith 13 From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Comic Traditions in the American Novel 218 Judith Yaross Lee 14 Plotting a Way Home: The Jewish American Novel 241 Derek Parker Royal 15 Chicano/a Traditions in the American Novel 259 Juan J. Alonzo 16 African American Traditions and the American Novel 274 Melvin Donalson 17 The American Novel of Mystery, Crime, and Detection 291

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors
 
Preface
 
Part I: Historical Developments
 
1. The Development of the American Novel: The Transformations of Genre
Alfred Bendixen
 
2. The American Novel: Beginnings through the American Renaissance
Maria Karafilis
 
3. The American Novel: Realism and Naturalism (1860-1920)
Jeanne Campbell Reesman
 
4. Modernism and American Literature (1915-1945)
Peter L. Hays
 
5. The American Novel: Beyond Modernism (1915-1945)
Alfred Bendixen
 
6. The Cold War Novel: The American Novel (1945-1970)
Sharon Becker and Wendy Martin
 
7. The Novel in a Changing America: Multiculturalism and Other Issues (1970- present)
Martha J. Cutter
 
8. A Chronology of the American Novel
Alfred Bendixen
 
Part II: Genres and Traditions
 
9. Fear, Ambiguity, and Transgression: The Gothic Novel in the United States
Charles L. Crow
 
10. The American Historical Romance: From James Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, and E. L. Doctorow
Emily Miller Budick
 
11. Making this Whole Nation Feel: The Sentimental Novel in the United States
Marianne Noble
 
12. Social Protest, Reform, and the American Political Novel
Chip Rhodes
 
13. The American War Novel Tradition and the Individual Soldier
James H. Meredith
 
14. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Comic Traditions in the American Novel
Judith Yaross Lee
 
15. Plotting a Way Home: The Jewish American Novel
Derek Parker Royal
 
16. Chicano/a Traditions in the American Novel
Juan J. Alonzo
 
17. African American Traditions and the American Novel
Melvin Donalson
 
18. The American Novel of Mystery, Crime, and Detection
Leonard Cassuto
 
19. O Brave New Worlds: Science Fiction and the American Novel
Eric S. Rabkin
 
20. Dreaming of a White Future: Mary E. Bradley Lane, Edward Bellamy, and the Origins of the Utopian Novel in the United States
Jean Pfaelzer
 
21. Queer Theory and the American Novel
Deborah Carlin
 
22. The American Short-Story Cycle: Out from the Novel's Shadow
Robert M. Luscher
 
23. Selected Readings in the Genres of the American Novel
Alfred Bendixen
 
Part III: Major Texts
 
24. The Woman's Law in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
Monika Elbert
 
25. Writ in Water: The Books of Melville's Moby-Dick
Wyn Kelley
 
26. Wonder of Wonders: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Susan Belasco
 
27. Citational Strategies and Literary Traditions: Placing Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady
Greg W. Zacharias
 
28. A Child's Search for Comfort and Peace: Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Michael J. Kiskis
 
29. What Women Want: Kate Chopin's The Awakening
Emily Toth
 
30. Private Fleming's Various Battles: Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage
James Nagel
 
31. Lily's Story: Edith Wharton's House of Mirth
Kathy Fedorko
 
32. Jim Burden and the World: Willa Cather's My Antonia
Alfred Bendixen
 
33. The Confessional Narration of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises
James Nagel
 
34. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and the Myth of the Land
Richard Lehan
 
35. Ground Zero: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury
Philip M. Weinstein
 
36. A Bigger Vision: Richard Wright's Native Son and the Great American Novel
Andrew Warnes
 
37. Our Invisible Man: The Aesthetic Genealogy of U.S. Diversity
John Carlos Rowe
 
38. The Visionary Exuberance of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March
Ben Siegel
 
39. The Flesh and the Word: Toni Morrison's Beloved
Valerie Smith
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Bericht

"In addition to the various groups of essays, the book features a substantial chronology of American novels (from 1752 to 2000) and a series of lists of representative works in some of the most important traditions and genres discussed." ( Poetics Today , 1 May 2014)

"As a consolidation of prior scholarship and a spur to further investigation, it makes a meaningful and substantial contribution to the ongoing scholarly conversation about the American novel." ( Review 19 , 1 April 2013)

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." ( Choice , 1 November 2012)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bendixen, A Bendixen, Alfred Bendixen, Alfred (EDT) Bendixen, Alfred (Princeton University) Bendixen
• Mitarbeit: Alfre Bendixen (Herausgeber), Alfred Bendixen (Herausgeber), Bendixen Alfred (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 10.04.2012
• EAN: 9781405101196
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-0119-6
• Seiten: 704
• Serien: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture; BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO LITERA; Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Literaturwissenschaft, Roman, Literature, Romane, Amerikanischer Roman, american novel, USA /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte, The Novel