Hard facts : setting and form in the American novel - Fisher, Philip, 1941- (New York : Oxford University Press, 1985)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism; Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism; City and town life in literature; Slavery in literature; Sentimentalism in literature; Naturalism in literature; Setting (Literature); Literary form