Before Novels
Before Novels

Author: J. Paul Hunter

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780393308617

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"By taking a close look at materials no previous twentieth-century critic has seriously investigated in literary terms--ephemeral journalism, moralistic tracts, questions-and-answer columns, 'wonder' narratives--Paul Hunter discovers a tangled set of roots for the early novel. His provocative argument for a new historicized understanding of the genre and its early readers brilliantly reveals unexpected affinities." --Patricia Meyer Spacks, Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English, University of Virginia

A Culture of Fact
A Culture of Fact

Author: Barbara J. Shapiro

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780801488498

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Shapiro traces the genesis of the fact, a modern concept that originated not in natural science but in legal discourse. She follows the concept's evolution and diffusion across a variety of disciplines in early modern England.

Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History
Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History

Author: Ballard C. Campbell

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1438130120

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Presents a chronologically-arranged reference to catastrophic events in American history, including natural disasters, economic depressions, riots, murders, and terrorist attacks.