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The Power of Historical Knowledge: Narrating the Past in Hawthorne, James, and Dreiser
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Power of Historical Knowledge: Narrating the Past in Hawthorne, James, and Dreiser
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Susan L. Mizruchi
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| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:336 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691603162
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.009 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
14 July 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In this provocative study, Susan Mizruchi argues that the act of writing history is the key to the political concerns of American novelists. Using nineteenth-century theories of history as well as recent narratological models, she examines reconstructions of the past in The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Bostonians (1886), The Wings of the D
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