An engaging history and criticism of the novel is aimed at exploring the exchange of ideas between the Old World of Europe and the New World of America, a flourishing dialogue that spawned modern literature. 10,000 first printing. $12,500 ad/promo.
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Review:
This history of Britain and the United States focuses on the misleading beliefs that each country had about the other and how these ideas impacted literary tradition. As Bradbury examines the political and social interrelations of both countries during the 19th and 20th centuries, he illustrates how the fantasies each country had about the other shaped such literary classics as "The Red Badge of Courage" and "The Loved One." He also argues that imagination and the mythologizing of history have done more to shape what one country believes about the other than concrete fact.
About the Author:
Malcolm Bradbury is a part-time professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.
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- PublisherViking Penguin
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0670866253
- ISBN 13 9780670866250
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages515
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