The Novel Art Elevations of American Fiction after Henry James |
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| Author:
| McGurl, Mark |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-08899-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $58.00 |
Book Description:
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Once upon a time there were good American novels and bad ones, but none was thought of as a work of art. This title tells the story of how, beginning with Henry James, this began to change. It examines the late-nineteenth century movement to elevate the status of the novel, its sources, paradoxes, and reverberations into the twentieth century.
Once upon a time there were good American novels and bad ones, but none was thought of as a work of art. This title tells the story of how, beginning with Henry James, this began to change. It examines the late-nineteenth century movement to elevate the status of the novel, its sources, paradoxes, and reverberations into the twentieth century.