Civil Wars: American Novelists and Manners, 1880-1940

by Susan Goodman

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Observers from Alexis de Tocqueville to Lionel Trilling have found the United States wanting in what it takes to produce a novelist of manners--namely, a rich enough past and sufficiently stratified classes. In a work that recovers the broader meaning of manners for past generations, Susan Goodman demonstrates that American writers have consistently tied the subject of national identity to the norms and behaviors of everyday life--that, in fact,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801868246

ISBN13:9780801868245

Release Date:June 2003

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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