The Railroad in American Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Railroad in American Fiction Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what th...
Full description- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Published: 31 August 2005
- Format: Paperback 296 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900 | Literary Studies: From C 1900 - | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers | Bibliographies, Catalogues, Discographies | Trains & Railways
- ISBN 13: 9780786423798 ISBN 10: 078642379X
Full description for The Railroad in American Fiction
Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what the railroad once meant to Americans. The fiction of the railroad?often by railroaders themselves?recaptures that sense, and provides valuable insights on American cultural history. This extensively annotated bibliography lists and discusses in 956 entries novels and short stories from the 1840s to the present in which the railroad is important. Each entry includes plot and character description to help the reader make an informed decision on the source's merit. A detailed introduction discusses the history of railroad fiction and highlights common themes such as strikes, hoboes, and the roles of women and African-Americans. Such writers of ?pure? railroad fiction as Harry Bedwell, Frank Packard, and Cy Warman are well represented, along with such literary artists as Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O?Connor, and Ellen Glasgow. Work by minority writers, including Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Frank Chin, and Toni Morrison, also receives close attention. An appendix organizes entries by decade of publication, and the work is indexed by subject and title.
