Form and FAble in American Fiction Author:Daniel Hoffman "Mr. Hoffman's notes toward the theory of an American 'romance,' along with the readings that result, are among the best we have been given." Roy Harvey Pearce, American Literature — "Hoffman's analysis is often brilliant. His chapters on those perennially challenging books Moby-Dick and Huckleberry Finn are first rate...It will be a pity if th... more »is book is ready by specialists alone, for basically its theme is the permanent constituents--the archetypes--of the American mind." Walter Allen, The Daily Telegraph, London« less