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The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing
Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the construction of American identity. Occupying the space between fact and fiction, it exposes cultural fault lines and reveals the changing desires and anxieties of both the traveller and the reading public. These specially-commissioned essays trace the journeys taken by writers from the pre-revolutionary period right up to the present. They examine a wide range of responses to the problems posed by landscapes found both at home and abroad, from the Mississippi and the Southwest to Europe and the Holy Land. Throughout, the contributors focus on the role played by travel writing in the definition and formulation of national identity, and consider the experiences of minority writers as well as canonical authors. This Companion forms an invaluable guide for students approaching this new, important and exciting subject for the first time.
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A companion to the american novel
Featuring 37 essays by distinguished literary scholars, A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive single-volume treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from the late 18th century to the present day. Represents the most comprehensive single-volume introduction to this popular literary form currently available Features 37 contributions from a wide range of distinguished literary scholars Includes essays on topics and genres, historical overviews, and key individual works, including The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, Beloved, and many more.
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A companion to the American short story
A Companion to the American Short Story traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past 200 years. Sets the short story in context, paying attention to the interaction of cultural forces and aesthetic principles Contributes to the ongoing redefinition of the American canon, with close attention to the achievements of women writers as well as such important genres as the ghost story and detective fiction Embraces diverse traditions including African-American, Jewish-American, Latino, Native-American, and regional short story writing Includes a section focused on specific authors and texts, from Edgar Allen Poe to John Updike
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Realism from William Dean Howells to Edith Wharton
This chapter offers an overview of the literary principles that made realism into the dominant literary movement in the late nineteenth century, including a commitment to capturing the meaning of ordinary life in the here and now, a focus on characterization and the difficult choices made by complex individuals, a sense of place imbued with an understanding of social and psychological meaning, and a language that is simple, honest, and natural. Howells is presented as the writer and critic who codified its basic principles as a theorist and exemplified its values as an author. Wharton is presented as the writer who brought realism into the twentieth century by exemplifying its potential as an art form capable of confronting feminist issues and expressing the alienation of an emerging modernism.
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The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing
In the winter of 1859, the Boston poet Julia Ward Howe sailed for Cuba; and in the winter of 1860, Ticknor and Fields published an account of her travel. A Trip to Cuba appeared only months after the same firm had published Richard Henry Dana's story of his \"vacation voyage,\" To Cuba and Back. These two narratives responded to a burgeoning American interest in the Caribbean island that promised recuperation to American invalids and adventure for military \"filibusters.\" Howe's narrative demonstrated a self-conscious familiarity with antebellum travel writing more broadly, however, as she playfully resisted yet ultimately upheld various conventions of a genre that had become a staple of the American literary marketplace. \"I do not know why all celebrated people who write books of travel begin by describing their days of seasickness,\" she noted, before discussing her own shipboard illness. She followed similar cues as she blended elements of autobiography, the social sketch, nature writing, and political and social commentary. Across 250 \"sprightly\" pages, readers were offered a familiar melange of humorous portraits, detailed descriptions of \"foreign\" institutions, and extensive commentary on local customs and social mores. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Beyond Modernism: The American Novel between the World Wars
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The Development of the American Novel: The Transformations of Genre
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The Emergence and Development of the American Short Story
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