{"product_id":"9780631234067","title":"Reading the American Novel 1865 - 1914","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReading the Novel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReading the American Novel 1865 - 1914\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eG. R. Thompson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAn indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, \u003ci\u003eReading the American Novel 1865-1914\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive introduction to the American novel in the post-civil war period.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLocates American novels and stories within a specific historical and literary context \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers fresh analyses of key selected literary works \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses a wide audience of academics and non-academics in clear, accessible prose\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the changing mentality of 19th-century America entering the 20th century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the relationship between the intellectual and artistic output of the time and the turbulent socio-political context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eG. R. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Purdue University. He has written widely on the topic of American fiction and romanticism, including books and articles on the relation of the romance to the realist tradition, the gothic fiction of Edgar Allan Poe, the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the travel narratives of Herman Melville. He is the editor of various editions, including the \u003ci\u003eNorton Critical Edition of The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the former editor of \u003ci\u003ePoe Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 October 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631234067\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e462\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379842609292,"sku":"9780631234067","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631234067_e3b5ab4d-e761-45bd-8ea9-71235ac648a7.jpg?v=1780236586","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631234067","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}