"Combining history, print history, and literary criticism, this book shows how short fiction of the early nineteenth century, including sketches and tales, was
Accounts of the rise of American literature often start in the 1850s with a cluster of "great American novels"—Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Melville’s
The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and resea