TY - GEN T1 - Dwelling in the Text : Houses in American Fiction. T2 - UC Press voices revived. A1 - Chandler, Marilyn R. LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 2022 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1407317237 AB - What is a house? And what can architecture tell us about individual psychology, national character and aspiration? The house holds a central place in American mythology, as Marilyn Chandler demonstrates in a series of ""house tours"" through American novels, beginning with Thoreau's Walden and ending with Toni Morrison's Beloved and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. Chandler illuminates the complex analog. OP - 346 CN - PS374.S45 SN - 9780520347632 SN - 0520347633 SN - 9780520373594 KW - American fiction : History and criticism. KW - Setting (Literature) KW - Dwellings in literature. KW - Domestic fiction, American : History and criticism. KW - Home in literature. KW - Roman américain : Histoire et critique. KW - Espace et temps (Littérature) KW - Habitations dans la littérature. KW - Roman familial américain : Histoire et critique. KW - Foyer dans la littérature. KW - setting (surroundings) KW - American fiction. KW - Domestic fiction, American. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -