John P. Jr. McWilliams

Hawthorne Melville and the American Character

A Looking-Glass Business
Herausgeber: Gelpi, Albert; Posnock, Ross

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the portrayal of the American national character in the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780521311465
• ISBN-10: 0521311462
• Artikelnr.: 26010594

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: tomorrow's American
Part I. Hawthorne: 1. John Endicott and the fictions of oratory
2. Narrower souls
3. The Puritan revolution of 1755
4. A diminished thing
5. Broken lines
Part II. Melville: 6. Distrust in confidence
7. Mirror men
8. Confidence in distrust
9. True bridge of sighs
Conclusion: floating at will
Notes
Index.