The Early American NovelPresents an account of the earliest attempts at novel writing in America. Covers the years 1789-1830 from the first amateurish novels and ends with an established form of American literature. |
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| Title | The Early American Novel Columbia University Studies in English. 1,5 Issue 2 of Columbia University studies in English and comparative literature |
| Author | Lillie Deming Loshe |
| Publisher | Columbia University, 1907 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Nov 6, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0231933584, 9780231933582 |
| Length | 131 pages |
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