Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1940 Book. Very Good-Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. ix, 407 pp, preface, Book I. The Beginnings, 1789-1820: I. The Triumph of the Novel; II. Richardson and Seduction; III. The Elegant Epistolarians; IV. Sterne and Sensibility; V. Sex and Sensibility; VI. The Sentimental Formula. Book II. The Sentimental Years, 1820-1860: I. Popular Isms and Ologies; II. Ten Thousand and One Nights in a Barroom; III. Uncle Tom's and Other Cabins; IV. Home, Sweet Home; V. Stepping Hevenward; VI. The Sentimnental Compromise; bibliography, index. First Edition, 1940. "Although very few of these once popular novels are read today by critical readers, the secret of their wide appeal is not entirely obscured by their feverish sentiment. The provided a welcome compensation for the emotions, activities, and ideals which life denied to countless readers. The contained an amazing vitality which often transcended their preposterous plots. Frequently they voiced the genuine aspirations of their age." from the preface. Ex Library with donation plate on ffep and stamp on title page, else, no other library markings. Inked underlining and notation in margin of page 33, 40, 358 and 359. Light age-tonning to text block edges, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no other underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Russet textured cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

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Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 004868
Title: The Sentimental Novel In America 1789-1860
Author: Brown, Herbert Ross
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-Very Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Duke University Press
Place of Publication: Durham, NC
Date Published: 1940
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM AMERICAN SENTIMENTAL NOVEL 1789-1860 CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
Bookseller catalogs: HISTORY;
Size: Large 8vo

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