Lyle H. Wright
American Fiction, 1876-1900
$16.00, £9.50 hardcover
978-0-87328-042-6
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704 pages, 6 x 9 inches, none
January 1978, Available worldwide
Categories: Literary Studies; American Literature; Fiction
January 1978, Available worldwide
Categories: Literary Studies; American Literature; Fiction
"In the twenty-five year span covered by [the] third volume of Mr. Wright's important checklist 6,175 titles appear. The sheer bulk of it proves well enough the increasing ascendancy of fiction in the later years of the nineteenth century. The scope of, and the care exercised in preparing, this list makes it one of the most essential tools for the study of American fiction."—American Literature
"The essential guide to the genre."—American Antiquarian Society
"The essential guide to the genre."—American Antiquarian Society
This is more than a reference tool for collectors and bibliographers; through its use one gains a conspectus of American fiction during its formative years, and the social historian will therefore find it valuable as a source for interpretive studies.