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The aim is to explore the changing critical fortunes of the American novel in the early twentieth century.

Introduction: The American Novel at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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The aim is to explore the changing critical fortunes of the American novel in the early twentieth century.
Analyzing critical favor as influenced by entrenched binaries and historical contexts.
Tracing literature through evaluations from Henry James to modern criticism.
Summarizing essays that investigate the period's neglected novels and their themes.
Uncovers how fin-de-siècle novels negotiate themes of democracy and agency.
Demonstrates the strength of genre hybridity in addressing literature's contradictions and tensions.

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This introduction reveals how the American novel’s evolution discusses democracy and power in literature, suggesting a vital hybridity of genre.

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This introduction reveals how the American novel’s evolution discusses democracy and power in literature, suggesting a vital hybridity of genre.