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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
