Ragged Dick
It is canonical as a cultural text, rather than a purely literary one, as this Norton Critical Edition reflects. An extensive Contexts section includes maps, photographs, and documents showing how and why Alger used the backdrop of New York City to highlight problems of urban poverty, immigration, and child labor in mid-nineteenth century America.Criticism is thematically organized around contemporary reviews and responses, the heated public debate about whether Alger should be avai…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Hoeller, Hildegard (City University of New York) (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-393-92589-0
- EAN: 9780393925890
- Produktnummer: 3259837
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H13.1 cm x B21.2 cm x D1.1 cm 296 g
- Auflage: Critical ed
- Gewicht: 296
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Hildegard Hoeller is Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She is the author of Edith Wharton's Dialogue with Realism and Sentimental Fiction and co-author, with Rebecca Brittenheim, of Key Words for Academic Writers. Her essays on nineteenth and early-twentieth century American literature have appeared in many journals, among them American Literature, Studies in American Fiction, and American Literary Realism.
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