Rappaccini's Children : American Writers in a Calvinist World /

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story ""Rappaccini's Daughter"" tells of a beautiful girl who has, from birth, absorbed the poison from the flowers of her father's garden. In this allegorical tale of the fallen Garden of Eden, William H. Shurr finds a metaphor for the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Shurr, William
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1981.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Calvinism in literature.
Calvinism.
American literature.
RELIGION > Christianity > Calvinist.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Calvinisme dans la litterature.
Calvinism > United States.
American literature > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story ""Rappaccini's Daughter"" tells of a beautiful girl who has, from birth, absorbed the poison from the flowers of her father's garden. In this allegorical tale of the fallen Garden of Eden, William H. Shurr finds a metaphor for the fate of many American writers, for whom the heritage of calvinism has been the poisoned fruit of the Garden of the New World. For many American writers, the legacy of the Puritan Fathers has been a pervasive sense of sinfulness and guilt in a violent and unforgiving universe. In this new study Shurr examines how these writers have cop.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (176 pages).
ISBN:9780813164625

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