Inchbald, Hawthorne and the Romantic moral romance :
[Book]
little histories and neutral territories /
by Ben P. Robertson.
Brookfield, Vt. :
Pickering & Chatto,
2010.
1 online resource (x, 248 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. The romantic moral romance : an alternative transatlantic sub-genre for Elizabeth Inchbald and Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Written in a style to endure : common sources for the romantic moral romance and the impact of Inchbald's transatlantic reputation -- Fable-world[s]' populated by 'human creatures' : toward a definition of the experimental romantic moral romance -- Adapting the 'great voicer of truth' : Shakespearean liminality in the romantic moral romance -- I will not accept your moral! : propositions of an alternative, individual and liminal moral order for Inchbald and Hawthorne -- Figures 'Pourtrayed apart' with 'Real or well-counterfeited simplicity' : complicating the romantic moral romance with symbolic and fragmentary figures -- Conclusion : Impression[s] of veracity : echoes of the romantic moral romance in the modern, symbolic novel.
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Explores the connections between British and American Romanticism, focusing on the novels of Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64). This study argues that Inchbald and Hawthorne are representative of a larger British/American cultural confluence during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
MIL
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Inchbald, Hawthorne and the Romantic moral romance.
9781851966271
Hawthorne, Nathaniel,1804-1864-- Criticism and interpretation.
Inchbald,1753-1821-- Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel,1804-1864.
Inchbald,1753-1821.
American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
American literature-- English influences.
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.