A History of the Bildungsroman

Sarah Graham is Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Leicester.

• Introduction Sarah Graham; 1. The German tradition of the Bildungsroman Todd Kontje; 2. The French Bildungsroman Alison Finch; 3. The Bildungsroman and nineteenth-century British fiction Richard Salmon; 4. The Bildungsroman in imperial Russia and the Soviet Union Lina Steiner; 5. The American Bildungsroman Sarah Graham; 6. The modernist Bildungsroman Gregory Castle; 7. Bildungsroman for children and young adults Fiona McCulloch; 8. The female Bildungsroman in the twentieth century Maroula Joannou; 9. The postcolonial Bildungsroman Ericka A. Hoagland; 10. Lesbian, gay and trans Bildungsroman Meredith Miller; 11. Bildungsroman and graphic narratives Ian Gordon.

'… this stimulating collection is well suited for those familiar with the key scholarship … Highly Recommended' M. E. Burstein, Choice