Misery's mathematics: mourning, compensation, and reality in antebellum american literature
Auteur :
Balaam, Peter
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781138981249
Date de publication :
29 juil. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
370 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book reveals the strain of a moment in American cultural history that led several remarkable writers -- Emerson, Warner, and Melville -- to render loss in innovative ways. These three key writers rejected Calvinist and sentimental models of bereavement, creating instead the compensations of a mature American literature.