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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797111503321

Autore

Landow George P.

Titolo

Elegant Jeremiahs : the sage from Carlyle to Mailer / / George P. Landow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-72066-3

1-317-51963-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

828.08

Soggetti

American prose literature - History and criticism

Wisdom in literature

Prophecies in literature

English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism

English-speaking countries Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1986 by Cornell University Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Original Title""; ""Original Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Works Frequently Cited""; ""Introduction: The Genre of the Sage""; ""1 The Prophetic Pattern""; ""2 Symbolical Grotesques""; ""3 The Word Restored: Definition, Redefinition, and Satiric Redefinition""; ""4 The Sage as Master of Experience""; ""5 Ethos, or the Appeal to Credibility""; ""Afterword""; ""Index""