The Novel of Manners in America

This new book offers a broad critical survey of a significant form of American fiction that has long been in need of serious attention. In the first full treatment of the subject, James W. Tuttleton describes the form, elucidating its typical themes, and shows how various important and representative writers have brought the form to life.

Info autore

James W. Tuttleton is Professor of English at New York University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina and has been a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is the author of Thomas Wentworth Higginson and is the editor of Washington Irving's The Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus and of Edith Wharton: The Critical Heritage.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James W. Tuttleton
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.1974
• EAN: 9780393007176
• ISBN: 978-0-393-00717-6
• Pagine: 324
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 391 g
• Serie: Norton Library, N717
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi