| Descript |
xiv, 291 pages ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index |
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pt. 1. "To out with romance": Loomings -- Casting off -- pt. 2. Mysteries and masks: Sentiments and words: Charles Brockden Brown -- Feelings and effects: Washington Irving -- Imagination, spirit, and the language of romance: Edgar Allan Poe -- Allegory, symbolism, and romance: Hawthorne and Melville -- pt. 3. A world of words: The death of the spirit: Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Masks of sincerity: Herman Melville |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Romanticism -- United States
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