Venus in Boston: And Other Tales of Nineteenth-century City LifeUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 2002 - 391 páginas This volume reprints three short works by George Thompson, one of antebellum America's most successful authors of sensational fiction. There are two novels, Venus in Boston and City Crimes, which depict the American city as a place of dark mystery, along with Thompson's autobiography. |
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... novels by George Thompson , ' many issued under the pseudonym " Greenhorn . " They included the two novels reprinted here , Venus in Boston and City Crimes ( both 1849 ) , as well as other works of urban exposé fiction such as New York ...
... novels by George Thompson , ' many issued under the pseudonym " Greenhorn . " They included the two novels reprinted here , Venus in Boston and City Crimes ( both 1849 ) , as well as other works of urban exposé fiction such as New York ...
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... novels retained sufficient popularity to be reissued after the Civil War ; and that the author himself , if his presumed birthdate of 1823 is correct , did not live past fifty . Sensationalism and Irrationalism " When Novels are ...
... novels retained sufficient popularity to be reissued after the Civil War ; and that the author himself , if his presumed birthdate of 1823 is correct , did not live past fifty . Sensationalism and Irrationalism " When Novels are ...
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... novels commented that in cities , " where the telegraph and railroad converge the rays of glittering wealth , the traveler is met at every corner and proffered , again and again , the public aliment , novels , romances ! Romances , novels ...
... novels commented that in cities , " where the telegraph and railroad converge the rays of glittering wealth , the traveler is met at every corner and proffered , again and again , the public aliment , novels , romances ! Romances , novels ...
Índice
Acknowledgments | vii |
Introduction | ix |
Note on the Texts | lv |
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Referências a este livro
The Cambridge Introduction to The Nineteenth-Century American Novel Gregg Crane Pré-visualização indisponível - 2007 |
The Kentucky Tragedy: A Story of Conflict and Change in Antebellum America Dickson D. Bruce, Jr. Pré-visualização limitada - 2006 |