{"product_id":"american-literature-in-context-andrew-hook-9781138691216","title":"American Literature in Context: 1865-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published between 1982 and 1983, this series examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation's literature has developed. Covering the years from 1865 to 1900, this third volume of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature in Context\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the struggles of American writers to make sense of their rapidly changing world. In addition to such major figures as Walt Whitman, Henry James, Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain, it analyses the writings of an unorthodox economist (Henry George), a Utopian reformer (Edward Bellamy) and a critical sociologist (Thorstein Veblen). Particular attention is paid to the challenge to conventional literary and cultural values represented by writers such as William Dean Howell who pursued a new form of scientific, democratic realism in American writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to those studying American literature and American studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Hook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138691216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138691216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Andrew Hook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096834580735,"sku":"9781138691216","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-literature-in-context-andrew-hook-9781138691216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}