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American Fiction, 1774-1920 (Gale)
American Fiction, 1774-1920 American Fiction, 1774-1920 encompasses more than 17,800 works of prose fiction written by Americans from the political beginnings of the United States through World War I, including thousands never before available online. This digital collection is based on authoritative bibliographies including Lyle H. Wright’s American Fiction: A Contribution Toward a Bibliography, widely considered the most comprehensive bibliography of American adult prose fiction of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and Geoffrey D. Smith’s American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography, comprising nearly three-quarters of all adult fiction published in the United States during this time period.
Explore the development of American literature in a changing culture through novels, short stories, romances, fictitious biographies, travel accounts, and sketches. These texts reveal much about the socioeconomic, political, and religious tenor of America through centuries of radical change, enabling students and researchers to answer key questions about history, society, identity, psychology, race, gender, and culture. The ability to cross-search American Fiction, 1774-1920 with Gale’s other digital primary source collections places thousands of authors and titles in context with historical newspapers, monographs, ephemera, and other sources.
The titles featured in American Fiction, 1774-1920 include:
- Adventure novels, travels and sketches
- Tract-like tales
- Fictitious biographies
- Immigrant fiction
- Works by minority writers
- Popular genre titles
- Politically-motivated works
- Short stories collections
- Poetry
- Works from often-studied and award-winning authors
- Local fiction
- Romances
- Allegories
- Social commentaries
- And more
