The romance of failure : first-person fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James /

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This book focuses on the intense intimacy between author and first-person narrator in the fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James in order to defend the beleaguered "I" in these works against the depersonalizing tendencies of postructuralism. In reaffirming the importance of the human subjec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Subjects:
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864
James, Henry, > 1843-1916
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849
1800-1899
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
First person narrative.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Échec dans la littérature.
Récits à la première personne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Failure (Psychology) in literature
First person narrative
Fiction in English > American writers > Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Fiction in English > American writers > Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Fiction in English > American writers > James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Proper Identity" and the First Person; 1. Disfiguring the Perfect Plot: Doubling and Self-Betrayal in Poe; 2. Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance and the Death of Enchantment; 3. The Jamesian Critical Romance; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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