Misery's mathematics : mourning, compensation, and reality in antebellum American literature /

Misery's Mathematics reveals the strain of a moment in American cultural history that led several remarkable writers - including Emerson, Warner, Melville and Hawthorn - to render the stark rupture of loss in innovative ways. Pushing Protestant culture's sense of loss into secular terrain,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balaam, Peter, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2009.
Colección:Literary criticism and cultural theory.
Temas:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Criticism and interpretation.
Warner, Susan, > 1819-1885. > Wide, wide world.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Piazza tales.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
Lightning-rod man (Melville, Herman)
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Grief in literature.
Bereavement in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Chagrin dans la littérature.
Deuil dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The laws of our learning" : Emerson's grief and the geological principles of loss
  • Playing with water : thrill and theodicy in The wide, wide world
  • Representing grief, mourning representation : Melville's Piazza tales.

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