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Wright American Fiction

Description

The Wright American Fiction (1851-1875) online collection attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875. It includes works by well known writers such as Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, along with a great many forgotten authors, whose works may have been very popular in their own time.

Contains leads to a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851- 1875. It will eventually include full-text access to a total of 2,923 titles in adult fiction, including novels, novelettes, romances, short stories, tall tales, tract-like tales, allegories, and fictitious biographies and travels. There are currently 2,887 volumes included (2,463 unedited, 424 fully edited and encoded) by 1,387 authors.

Dates Covered

1851-1875

Print Counterpart

Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875
See LOCKWOOD Microform Area Microfilm PZ1 .A4

Titles included in this database are also accessible via BISON - UB Libraries Catalog. Search the Catalog by individual titles, or search by title for "Wright American Fiction" to retrieve a complete list of available titles.

Related Databases

· Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
· Literature Online

Access Notes

This database is freely available to the general public via the Internet.

Contact

Laura Taddeo