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The Houseguest Study Guide

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by Thomas Berger
About 8 pages (2,413 words)

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Literary Precedents

The American novel of manners has a surprisingly long tradition, reaching back to Henry James and Edith Wharton, or to James Fenimore Cooper's ITomeward Bound (1838) and Home As Found (1838).

This is more than academic, for Berger has published an essay on Cooper. In recent times, the.....

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The Houseguest from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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