In Hawthorne's Shadow : American Romance from Melville to Mailer /

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""The world is so sad and solemn, "" wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne, ""that things meant in jest are liable, by an overwhelming influence, to become dreadful earnest; gaily dressed fantasies turning to ghostly and black-clad images of themselves."" From the radical...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Coale, Samuel
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1985.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Influence.
Romanticism.
Manichaeism in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gothic & Romance.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Romantisme > États-Unis.
Roman americain > Histoire et critique.
Romanticism > United States.
American fiction > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:""The world is so sad and solemn, "" wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne, ""that things meant in jest are liable, by an overwhelming influence, to become dreadful earnest; gaily dressed fantasies turning to ghostly and black-clad images of themselves."" From the radical dualism of Hawthorne's vision, Samuel Coale argues, springs a continuing tradition in the American novel. In Hawthorne's Shadow is the first critical study to describe precisely the formal shape of Hawthorne's psychological romance and to explore his themes and images in relation to such contemporary writers as John Cheever, Norman Mailer
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813162485

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