Misery's mathematics : mourning, compensation, and reality in antebellum American literature / / by Peter Balaam |
Autore | Balaam Peter <1963-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina |
810.9/353
810.9003 810.9353 |
Collana | Literary criticism and cultural theory |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Grief in literature Bereavement in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-135-88433-1
1-281-97755-1 9786611977559 0-203-50400-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Misery's Mathematics"; 1 "The Laws of Our Learning": Emerson's Grief and the Geological Principles of Loss; 2 Playing with Water: Thrill and Theodicy in The Wide, Wide World; 3 Representing Grief, Mourning Representation: Melville's Piazza Tales; Afterword: Soldering the Abyss: The Possibilities of Compensation; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454645503321 |
Balaam Peter <1963-, > | ||
New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Misery's mathematics : mourning, compensation, and reality in antebellum American literature / / by Peter Balaam |
Autore | Balaam Peter <1963-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina |
810.9/353
810.9003 810.9353 |
Collana | Literary criticism and cultural theory |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Grief in literature Bereavement in literature |
ISBN |
1-135-88433-1
1-281-97755-1 9786611977559 0-203-50400-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Misery's Mathematics"; 1 "The Laws of Our Learning": Emerson's Grief and the Geological Principles of Loss; 2 Playing with Water: Thrill and Theodicy in The Wide, Wide World; 3 Representing Grief, Mourning Representation: Melville's Piazza Tales; Afterword: Soldering the Abyss: The Possibilities of Compensation; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782765203321 |
Balaam Peter <1963-, > | ||
New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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