The American Historical Romance
FAIN: FA-11670-76
George Dekker
Stanford University (Stanford, CA 94305-2004)
To write a generic and cultural history to reinterpret a number of our greatest works of fiction. Among the masterpieces of American literature which can be usefully classified as historical romances (as distinct from "historical novels" or "romances" generally) are the Leather-stocking tales, The Scarlet Letter, Huckleberry Finn, Billy Budd, My Antonia, and Absalom, Absalom.