19th-century American women's novels : interpretative strategies /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Introduction
- Part II. Narrative Designs and Textual Rebellions
- 1. Preludes: the early didactic novel. Narrative control in Charlotte Temple and A New-England Tale
- 2. Introduction to the exploratory text: subversions of the narrative design in St Elmo
- 3. Decoding the exploratory text: subversions of the narrative design in Queechy
- Part III. Narrative Rebellions and Textual Designs
- 4. Inscribing and defining: the many voices of Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall
- 5. Extending and subverting: the iconography of houses in The Deserted Wife
- 6. Projecting the 'I'/conoclast: first-person narration in The Morgesons
- Part IV. The Later Didactic Novel
- 7. Narrative control and thematic radicalism in Work and The Silent Partner
- Part V. Conclusions and Implications
- 8. Anomalies and anxieties: The Story of Avis, A Country Doctor, The Awakening, O Pioneers!
- Notes
- General index
- Index to diaries, letters and reviews
- Index to literary and historical references