Form and fable in American fiction
In this work, first published in 1961, Hoffman combines the disciplines of folklore and literary criticism in his readings of works by Irving, Hawthorne, Melville and Twain. In a new preface, he describes the evolution of his critical method and suggests the book's value for contemporary readers.
eBook, English, 1994
University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1994
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xxiv, 368 pages)
1149368024
Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1961. With new preface
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