This book examines canonical American authors who employ a range of tenses to tell a story that has already taken place.

Based on the author's dissertation, (doctoral)--University of Illinois, 2014.

Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Discourse of Natural History illuminates how literary experimentation with natural history provides penumbral vie

Nineteenth-century American literature is often divided into two asymmetrical halves, neatly separated by the Civil War. Focusing on the later writings of Walt

Shows how shifting views on race caused the American conservative movement to surrender highbrow fiction to to progressive liberals.