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Inchbald, Hawthorne and the Romantic moral romance : little histories and neutral territories / by Ben P. Robertson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robertson, Ben P. (Ben Preston)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821--Criticism and interpretation.
- Inchbald.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Romanticism--Great Britain.
- Romanticism.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Great Britain.
- Romanticism--United States.
- United States.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- English literature--American influences.
- English literature.
- American literature--English influences.
- American literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2010.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-242) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781851966271
- 1851966277
- OCLC:
- 477061900
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