Hawthorne, Melville and the American Character A Looking Glass Business

Name: Hawthorne, Melville and the American Character A Looking Glass Business
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ISBN: 9780521311465

ISBN-10: 0521311462

ISBN-13: 9780521311465

Edition: 2009

Authors: John P. McWilliams

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This book considers the portrayal of the American national character in the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. It examines Hawthorne's abiding concern with the development of New England from colony to province to republic, and analyses Melville's changing evocation of 'the new American', and the difficulties he faced in sustaining his heady nationalistic faith.

Book details

List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/28/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: tomorrow's American



Hawthorne



John Endicott and the fictions of oratory



Narrower souls



The Puritan revolution of 1755



A diminished thing



Broken lines



Melville



Distrust in confidence



Mirror men



Confidence in distrust



True bridge of sighs


Conclusion: floating at will


Notes


Index