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Novels in the Time of Democratic Writing: The American Example (Haney Foundation Series)
Full title: | Novels in the Time of Democratic Writing: The American Example (Haney Foundation Series) |
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ISBN: | 9780812249767 |
ISBN 10: | 0812249763 |
Authors: | Tennenhouse, Leonard Armstrong, Nancy |
Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Num. pages: | 264 |
Binding: | Hardcover |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2018 |
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Synopsis
In The Decades After U.s. Independence, American Novelists Carried On An Argument That Pitted Direct Democracy Against The Representative Liberalism They Attributed To Their British Counterparts. The Result Was An American Novel Distinguished By Its Use Of Narrative Tropes That Generated A Social System Resembling Today's Distributed Network.