The American Mystery

The American Mystery

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The American Mystery by Tony Tanner

The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. His work is familiar to generations of students and scholars, and has helped shape our understanding of the major nineteenth and twentieth century American writers. With a foreword by Edward Said and an introduction by Ian Bell which places Tanner's work in the larger context of critical approaches to American literature and culture in recent years, the book brings together Tanner's essays on a wide range of key American authors. Exploring writers as diverse as Melville, Emerson, Henry James, DeLillo and Pynchon, it offers an introduction to the major figures and themes in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature.
"The range of essays in The American Mystery is impressive and speaks to the scope and versatility of Tanner's interest in American Literature..a valuable contribution to the study of U.S. literary history and a well-deserved tribute to one of its most devoted and talented researchers." American Studies
Tony Tanner is Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and author of Adultery in the Novel, The Reign of Wonder, Venice Desired (forthcoming) and Studies of James, Bellow, Pynchon and Jane Austen.
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ISBN 13 9780521783743
ISBN 10 0521783747
Title The American Mystery
Author Tony Tanner
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2000-03-16
Number of pages 268
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