The Theory of the American Romance

The Theory of the American Romance An Ideology in American Intellectual History - Nineteenth-Century Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

Challenges the traditional criticism that labels the American novel romantic, as opposed to the European novel of manners. Traces the notion to a patriotic movement during the Cold War to portray the US as free of class conflict, united, and liberal. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or

Book information

ISBN: 9780835719841
Publisher: UMI Research Press
Imprint: UMI Research Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.309
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 521g
Height: 241mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 25mm