Dream of the Great American Novel

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Buell is Powell M. Cabot Research Professor of American Literature at Harvard University. Klappentext The first book in many years to take in the full sweep of national fiction, The Dream of the Great American Novel explains why this supposedly antiquated idea continues to thrive. It shows that four G.A.N. "scripts" are keys to the dynamics of American literature and identity--and to the myth of a nation perpetually under construction. Zusammenfassung The first book in many years to take in the full sweep of national fiction, The Dream of the Great American Novel explains why this supposedly antiquated idea continues to thrive. It shows that four G.A.N. "scripts" are keys to the dynamics of American literature and identity--and to the myth of a nation perpetually under construction.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Buell, Buell Lawrence
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780674659896
• ISBN: 978-0-674-65989-6
• No. of pages: 584
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form