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Autore |
McLoughlin Michael <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Dead letters to the New world : Melville, Emerson, and American transcendentalism / / by Michael McLoughlin |
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New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-88530-3 |
1-280-23208-0 |
9786610232086 |
0-203-51743-1 |
0-203-48611-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Collana |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sea stories, American - History and criticism |
Transcendentalism in literature |
Fate and fatalism in literature |
Transcendentalism (New England) |
Philosophy in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Correspondent Colorings: Emerson and Melville; 2 Shadows in Eden: American Transcendentalism and its Discontents; 3 Deeper Shadows to Come: The Transcendental Underpinnings of Melville's Early Works; 4 Defying Nature: Moby-Dick and the Limits of Emersonian Individualism; 5 A Hell-Fired Rural Bowl of Milk: Melville's Pierre and Transcendental Rebellion; 6 Naked Nature Aboard the San Dominick: ""Benito Cereno,"" Emerson, and the Gothic |
7 The Endless, Winding Way: Melville's Engagement With Emerson in The Whale's WakeAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book contextualises and details Herman Melville's artistic career and outlines the relationship between Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
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