The Harvard Guide to Contemporary American Writing

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Edited by: Daniel Hoffman
With contributions by: Leo Braudy , Josephine Hendin , Daniel Hoffman , Elizabeth Janeway , A. Walton Litz , Nathan A. Scott, Jr. , Mark Shechner , Lewis P. Simpson , Alan Trachtenberg and Gerald Weales

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1979

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
1. Intellectual Background Alan Trachtenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Literary Criticism A. Walton Litz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
3. Realists, Naturalists, and Novelists of Manners Leo Braudy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	84
4. Southern Fiction Lewis P. Simpson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
5. Jewish Writers Mark Shechner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
6. Experimental Fiction Josephine Hendin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	240
7. Black Literature Jr. Scott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
8. Women’s Literature Elizabeth Janeway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	342
9. Drama Gerald Weales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	396
10. Poetry: After Modernism Daniel Hoffman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	439
11. Poetry: Schools of Dissidents Daniel Hoffman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	496
12. Poetry: Dissidents from Schools Daniel Hoffman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	564
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	607

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674592872

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February 5, 1979

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674592858

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Reprint 2014

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618

eBook ISBN: 9780674592872

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674592858

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