Civil Wars: American Novelists and Manners, 1880-1940
- ISBN-10
- 0801868246
- ISBN-13
- 9780801868245
- Series
- Civil Wars
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-06-02
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Susan E. Goodman, Susan Goodman
Description
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, the novel of manners is a dominant form of American fiction.".
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