The Riven Home explores American literary rivalries by examining narrative antagonism among important subgenres: the historical novel, the plantation romance, the slave narrative, the reform novel, and highly wrought fiction, This book provides a careful reassessment of the pre-Civil War novel and exposes the cultural conflicts that resulted in the Civil War. Read More
The Riven Home explores American literary rivalries by examining narrative antagonism among important subgenres: the historical novel, the plantation romance, the slave narrative, the reform novel, and highly wrought fiction, This book provides a careful reassessment of the pre-Civil War novel and exposes the cultural conflicts that resulted in the Civil War. Read Less
