By exploring the aberrant literary styles of nineteenth-century American writers, Jones suggests failure is just as important as 'success' in US national experience.
By exploring the aberrant literary styles of nineteenth-century American writers, Jones suggests failure is just as important as 'success' in US national experience.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gavin Jones is Professor of English at Stanford University, where he currently serves as department Chair. A former Junior Fellow in Harvard University's Society of Fellows, Jones is the author of Strange Talk: The Politics of Dialect Literature in Gilded Age America (1999) and American Hungers: The Problem of Poverty in US Literature, 1840-1945 (2007). He has published numerous articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature in journals such as American Literary History, African American Review and New England Quarterly.
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Introduction: Henry Adams and the catastrophic century 1. Falling for Edgar Allan Poe 2. Herman Melville in the doldrums 3. The disappointments of Henry David Thoreau 4. Stephen Crane's fake war 5. The double failure of Mark Twain 6. Sarah Orne Jewett falling short 7. The faltering style of Henry James Conclusion.
Introduction: Henry Adams and the catastrophic century 1. Falling for Edgar Allan Poe 2. Herman Melville in the doldrums 3. The disappointments of Henry David Thoreau 4. Stephen Crane's fake war 5. The double failure of Mark Twain 6. Sarah Orne Jewett falling short 7. The faltering style of Henry James Conclusion.
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