Place of fiction in the time of science, the: a disciplinary history of american writing
Auteur :
Limon, John
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521107631
Date de publication :
5 mars 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
350 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this 1990 book John Limon examines the various ways American authors have approached the writing of fiction (and justified that writing) in an age increasingly dominated by science. He focuses in particular on Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.