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Autore |
Barnes Ashley C. |
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Titolo |
Love and depth in the American novel : from Stowe to James / / Ashley C. Barnes |
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Charlottesville ; ; London : , : University of Virginia Press, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Love and Depth Canonized: Anti-Catholicism and the Shaping of American Literary Standards -- Sentimental Communion: The Word Made Manifest in Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Gates Ajar -- Romantic Spectatorship: Self-Portrait as a Stranger's Head in The Blithedale Romance and Pierre -- Realistic Intercourse: Arranging Oneself for Another in The Morgesons and The Golden Bowl -- Love and Depth Revisited: History, Form, and the Ethics of Reading American Literature Now. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"By examining classic nineteenth-century American novels, this book proposes a new approach to reading that reconciles historicist and ethical approaches to literature"-- |
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