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Ragged Dick: A Norton Critical Edition
Jr. Horatio Alger
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Description for Ragged Dick: A Norton Critical Edition
Paperback. Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is arguably the best known of Horatio Alger's American rags-to-riches stories. Editor(s): Hoeller, Hildegard. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
It is canonical as a cultural text, rather than a purely literary one, as this Norton Critical Edition reflects. An extensive “Contexts” section includes maps, photographs, and documents showing how and why Alger used the backdrop of New York City to highlight problems of urban poverty, immigration, and child labor in mid-nineteenth century America. “Criticism” is thematically organized around contemporary reviews and responses, the heated public debate about whether Alger should be available in American public libraries, parodies of and related responses to Alger, and four recent critical essays by Mary Wroth Walsh, Glenn Hendler, Michael Moon, and Hildegard Hoeller. ... Read more
It is canonical as a cultural text, rather than a purely literary one, as this Norton Critical Edition reflects. An extensive “Contexts” section includes maps, photographs, and documents showing how and why Alger used the backdrop of New York City to highlight problems of urban poverty, immigration, and child labor in mid-nineteenth century America. “Criticism” is thematically organized around contemporary reviews and responses, the heated public debate about whether Alger should be available in American public libraries, parodies of and related responses to Alger, and four recent critical essays by Mary Wroth Walsh, Glenn Hendler, Michael Moon, and Hildegard Hoeller. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Norton Critical Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393925890
SKU
V9780393925890
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About Jr. Horatio Alger
Hildegard Hoeller is Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She is the author of Edith Wharton's Dialogue with Realism and Sentimental Fiction and co-author, with Rebecca Brittenheim, of Key Words for Academic Writers. Her essays on nineteenth and early-twentieth century American literature have appeared in many journals, among them American Literature, Studies ... Read more
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