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Truth's Ragged Edge: The Rise of the American Novel

Truth's Ragged Edge: The Rise of the American Novel Paperback - 2014

by Gura, F., Philip

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An authoritative new history of the early American novel from a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Gura's great insight is that the early novel never fully left its origins behind, even as it evolvedNand is reflected in the oldest and deepest divisions in American Christianity, politics, and culture.

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  • Title Truth's Ragged Edge: The Rise of the American Novel
  • Author Gura, F., Philip
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, NY
  • Date 2014-04-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR009584028
  • ISBN 9780374534400 / 0374534403
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.7 x 1 in (21.84 x 14.48 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Religion in literature, American fiction - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012029936
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.309

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About the author

Philip F. Gura is the William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he holds appointments in English, American studies, and religious studies. He is the author of American Transcendentalism: A History, which was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction, as well as many other books of American cultural history.