Provincial Types in American Fiction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781162772783)

Provincial Types in American Fiction is a literary analysis book written by Horace Spencer Fiske. The book explores the representation of regional characters in American fiction during the 19th century. Fiske examines the portrayal of characters from different regions of the United States, including New England, the South, and the Midwest. He analyzes how these characters are depicted by various authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells. Fiske argues that the portrayal of regional characters in American fiction reflects the cultural and social changes occurring in the United States during this period. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of regionalism in American literature and its impact on the development of American identity. Overall, Provincial Types in American Fiction is an insightful and thought-provoking book for anyone interested in American literature and culture.1903. The field of American fiction is so wide and so varied that only one phase of it has been touched upon in the present volume, certain types of American provincial life as studied since the Civil War by authors in New England, the South, the Middle West, and the Far West. The literature of these sections of the country written since the Civil War is so embarrassingly rich that, with one exception, nothing of the flood of very recent fiction is included in the scope of this limited study. The effort of the writer has been to confine himself largely to what is rather indefinitely called realistic literature, and to emphasize the truth of characterization found in such fiction as has come to be generally recognized for its special significance and permanent value as a reflection of certain phases of our national life. The present volume can, of course, be only suggestive, but if it succeeds in stimulating to an appreciative study and enjoyment of the dozen works of fiction considered, it will have largely accomplished its purpose.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Horace Spencer Fiske
ISBN-10: 1162772786
ISBN-13: 9781162772783
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d