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955844
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b710214
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Cahir, Linda Costanzo.
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Solitude and society in the works of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton /\ Linda Costanzo Cahir.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Contributions to the study of American literature,; no. 3
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1 online resource (xv, 155 pages)
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0313029970
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0313304076
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9780313304071
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.
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| Contents
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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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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.
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891-- Knowledge-- Psychology.
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891-- Political and social views.
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Wharton, Edith,1862-1937-- Knowledge-- Psychology.
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Wharton, Edith,1862-1937-- Political and social views.
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Melville, Herman,(1819-1891)-- Et la psychologie.
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Melville, Herman,(1819-1891)-- Pensée politique et sociale.
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891
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Wharton, Edith,(1862-1937)-- Et la psychologie.
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Wharton, Edith,(1862-1937)-- Pensée politique et sociale.
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Wharton, Edith,1862-1937
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Literature and society-- United States-- History.
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Loneliness in literature.
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Psychological fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Self in literature.
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Social isolation in literature.
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Solitude in literature.
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Isolement social-- Dans la littérature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature and society.
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Littérature et société-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Loneliness in literature.
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Political and social views.
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Psychological fiction, American.
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Psychology.
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Roman psychologique.
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Self in literature.
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Social isolation in literature.
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Solitude in literature.
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Solitude-- Dans la littérature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.309353
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| LC Classification
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PS2388.P6C34 1999
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