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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495873703321

Autore

McEntyre Marilyn Chandler <1949->

Titolo

Dwelling in the text : houses in American fiction / / Marilyn R. Chandler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [1991]

ISBN

0-585-27414-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 338 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

813.009/355

Soggetti

American fiction - History and criticism

Setting (Literature)

Dwellings in literature

Domestic fiction, American - History and criticism

Home in literature

English

Languages & Literatures

American Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Walden : a manifesto in wood and stone -- "The Fall of the House of Usher" : and who can tell the teller from the tale? -- The house of the seven gables : secrets of the heart -- The portrait of a lady : more stately mansions -- The awakening and "The Yellow Wallpaper" : ironies of independence -- The age of innocence : tribal rites in the urban village -- The professor's house : escape to the interior -- The great Gatsby : awakening from the American dream -- Absalom, absalom! : a house divided -- Postwar suburban fiction : American dream as nightmare -- Housekeeping and Beloved : when women come home.