<p><b><i>A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914</i> is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers.</b></p> <ul> <li>An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible <i>Companion</i> to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective</li> <li>Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors</li> <li>Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches</li> <li>Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children's literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction</li> </ul>
