FORM AND FABLE IN AMERICAN FICTION | DANIEL HOFFMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA

Author: Daniel Hoffman  Publisher: University of Virginia Press (1994) ISBN-10: 0813915252 ISBN-13: 9780813915258 Condition: Very Good - Some small indentations on the front cover Binding: Softcover Pages: 368 Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm +++ by Daniel Hoffman +++ Combining the disciplines of folklore and literary criticism in his perceptive readings of works by Irving, Hawthorne, Melville, and Mark Twain, Daniel Hoffman demonstrates how these authors transformed materials from both high and popular culture, from their European past and their American present, in works that helped to form national consciousness.