{"product_id":"9781405100649","title":"A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert Paul Lamb | G. R. Thompson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDivided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children's literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRobert Paul Lamb\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University. The author of many articles on American literature and recipient of Harvard University’s Bowdoin Prize for scholarship, his teaching honors include Harvard’s Stephen J. Botein Prize, Purdue’s University Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, Purdue’s Liberal Arts Departmental Award for Educational Excellence, and induction into \u003ci\u003eThe Purdue Book of Great Teachers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eG.R. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Purdue University. His previous publications include the \u003ci\u003eNorton Critical Edition of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eNeutral Ground: New Traditionalism and the American Romance Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Authorial Presence: Hawthorne’s Provincial Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eEssays and Reviews ofEdgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eRuined Eden of the Present: Hawthorne, Melville and Poe\u003c\/i\u003e (1981) and \u003ci\u003ePoe’s Fiction: Romantic Irony in the Gothic Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1973).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 December 2005\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\u003e9781405100649\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\u003e642\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e45.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311024599180,"sku":"9781405100649","price":258.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405100649.jpg?v=1780206686","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405100649","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}