Truth's Ragged Edge

Truth's Ragged Edge The Rise of the American Novel

Paperback (15 Apr 2014)

  • $18.16
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7 days

Publisher's Synopsis

A guide to the origins & development of the American novel, this work focuses on the city novels of the 1840s in which the rapid growth & modernization of American society was depicted with distinctly mixed feelings. It concludes with fresh interpretations of the introspective novels that appeared before the Civil War, such as those by Hawthorne & by Melville.

Book information

ISBN: 9780374534400
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.309382
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 410g
Height: 217mm
Width: 141mm
Spine width: 23mm