Solitude and society in the works of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Linda Costanzo Cahir.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Greenwood Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xv, 155 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Contributions to the study of American literature,
Volume Designation
no. 3
ISSN of Series
1092-6356 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Melville and Wharton: The American Diptych; 2. The Devil's Children: The Isolation of Self-Reliance; 3. The Mysterious Stranger; 4. The Sociable Isolato; 5. The Sexual Transgressor; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The interplay between solitude and society was a particularly persistent theme in nineteenth-century American literature, though writers approached this theme in different ways. Poe explored the metaphysical significance of isolation and held solitude in high esteem; Hawthorne viewed the theme in moral terms and examined the obligation of each individual to the larger community; and Emerson maintained that the contradictory states of self-reliance and solidarity are fundamental to human happiness. Herman Melville emerged with an ontological response to this issue. Questioning the nature of bei.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Title
Solitude and society in the works of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton.