Wright American Fiction, 1851‐1875

Lyle H. Wright’s American Fiction 1851‐1875, A Contribution Toward a Bibliography (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1957) has long been recognized as the standard bibliographic compilation of mid nineteenth‐century adult novels, novellas, short stories, and other works of prose fiction published during that 25 odd year span in the USA. While many of the titles included in this source are major canonical works of American literature such as Moby‐Dick and The Scarlet Letter, the vast majority of the works included are rare and often inaccessible to most researchers. At a time when the study of non‐canonical works is very...