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A critical study of the evolution of New York City in the American novel during the past two centuries. No two novelists have ever viewed the city in the same manner; each describes the city according to his viewpoint and the times in which he writes. Authors discussed are James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, John Dos Passos, Thomas Wolfe, Nathaniel West, Saul Bellow, and John Cheever. Of interest to students and teachers of American Studies and the novel.
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About the Author:
Robert A. Gates is Associate Professor of English at St. John's University in Jamaica, New York.
Review:
Mr. Gates surveys his material carefully and doggedly.>>>> (John W. Stevenson Choice)
...the book is for the undergraduate library. Its reader will be that student looking for a well-argued point of view and a well-written documentation of that view in its literary sources.>>>> (Choice)
...the book is for the undergraduate library. Its reader will be that student looking for a well-argued point of view and a well-written documentation of that view in its literary sources. (Choice)
Mr. Gates surveys his material carefully and doggedly. (John W. Stevenson Choice)
...the book is for the undergraduate library. Its reader will be that student looking for a well-argued point of view and a well-written documentation of that view in its literary sources.>>>> (Choice)
...the book is for the undergraduate library. Its reader will be that student looking for a well-argued point of view and a well-written documentation of that view in its literary sources. (Choice)
Mr. Gates surveys his material carefully and doggedly. (John W. Stevenson Choice)
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- PublisherUniversity Press Of America
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0819162698
- ISBN 13 9780819162694
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages170
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