The Form of American Romance / Edgar A. Dryden
| The Form of American Romance / Edgar A. Dryden |
| Autore | Dryden Edgar A |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 249 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 813/.009 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literary form
Romanticism - United States American fiction - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8018-3675-1
1-4214-3112-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations Used in the Text -- 1. The Thematics of a Form: Waverley and American Romance -- 2. The Limits of Romance: A Reading of The Marble Faun -- 3. The Entangled Text: Pierre and the Romance of Reading -- 4. The Image in the Mirror: James's Portrait and the Economy of Romance -- 5. Faulkner and the Sepulcher of Romance: The Voices of Absalom, Absalom! -- 6. The Romance of the Word: John Barth's LETTERS -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index. |
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Melville's Thematics of Form : The Great Art of Telling the Truth / / [by] Edgar A. Dryden
| Melville's Thematics of Form : The Great Art of Telling the Truth / / [by] Edgar A. Dryden |
| Autore | Dryden Edgar A |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 226 p.) : illus |
| Disciplina | 813/.3 |
| Soggetto topico | Literary form - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8018-0178-8
1-4214-3039-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts -- I. Metaphysics and the Art of the Novel -- II. Portraits of the Artist as a Young Man: Narrative Form in Melville's Early Novels -- III. Ishmael as Teller: Self-Conscious Form in Moby-Dick -- IV. The Failure of the Author-Hero: Narrative Form in Pierre and Israel Potter -- V. The Novelist as Impostor: Subversive Form in The Confidence-Man -- Epilogue -- Index. |
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| Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019 | ||
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