Novels, readers, and reviewers responses to fiction in antebellum America

This book describes and characterizes responses of American readers to fiction in the generation before the Civil War. It is based on close examination of the reviews of all novels-both American and European-that appeared in major American periodicals during the years 1840-1860, a period in which ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baym, Nina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1984, 1984
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index