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Here a Captive Heart Busted : Studies in the Sentimental Journey of Modern Literature.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fulweiler, Howard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sentimentalism in literature.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel/Berlin/Boston : Fordham University Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- This scholarly work by Howard W. Fulweiler explores the evolution of modern literature through the lens of sentimentality. The book delves into the transformation of Victorian to modern sexuality and examines how imaginative literature has embarked on a 'sentimental journey' over the past two centuries. Fulweiler analyzes key literary figures and works, including Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary' and Mark Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn,' to highlight the destructive nature of excessive sentimentality. The book is intended for an academic audience with an interest in literary criticism, modernism, and the interplay between sentimentality and literature. Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9780823295845
- 0823295842
- OCLC:
- 1309055634
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