American terror : the feeling of thinking in Edwards, Poe, and Melville /

If America is a nation founded upon Enlightenment ideals, then why are so many of its most celebrated pieces of literature so dark? 'American Terror' returns to the question of American literature's distinctive tone of terror through a close study of three authors - Jonathan Edwards,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hurh, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758 > Criticism and interpretation.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Criticism and interpretation.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Criticism and interpretation.
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849.
American literature > History and criticism.
Terror in literature.
Terreur dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:If America is a nation founded upon Enlightenment ideals, then why are so many of its most celebrated pieces of literature so dark? 'American Terror' returns to the question of American literature's distinctive tone of terror through a close study of three authors - Jonathan Edwards, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville - who not only wrote works of terror, but who defended, theorised, and championed it
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 298 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780804794510
0804794510

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