| Description |
xiii, 500 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 465-492. |
| Contents |
The Moral and Critical Discussion -- American Literature? -- A Novelist's Practices: Mrs. Rowson -- The Pernicious Novels Exposed : "Female Quixotism" -- Usable Fiction -- Didactic Fiction -- Satirical and Polemical Fiction -- The Love Story -- Self-Denial -- Cruel Parents -- Perfidious Rivalry -- A Rival Passion -- Overwhelming Odds -- Illegitimate Love -- Seduction -- The Novel of Adventure -- "Fortune's Foot-Ball" -- Mystery and Terror -- Lofty Crive -- Strands of History. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0814201458 |
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