Demonstrates how the turbulent social and cultural changes of the early nineteenth century shaped the young author's emotional and intellectual life. Portraying the ordeal of coming of age during a momentous period of American history, this book is suitable for general readers as well as scholars.
A study of the childhood and youth of William Dean Howells, that demonstrates how the turbulent social and cultural changes of the early nineteenth century shaped the young Howells' emotional and intellectual life. It portrays the ordeal of coming of age during a momentous period of American history.
It has become common to speak of deconstruction as having been simply displaced by political concerns. The essays in this volume seek to bring out what was--dare I say?--always already political in deconstruction, while at the same time suggesting that politics is, or could be, deconstructive. Deconstruction Is/In America offers a provocative ......
It has become common to speak of deconstruction as having been simply displaced by political concerns. The essays in this volume seek to bring out what was--dare I say?--always already political in deconstruction, while at the same time suggesting that politics is, or could be, deconstructive. Deconstruction Is/In America offers a provocative ......
Meditations on the Construction of Gothic Cathedrals
Ever since they were first built, the great medieval cathedrals of Europe have inspired successive generations of pilgrims, worshippers, and casual visitors. Art historians and mystics alike have always read them as texts--as metaphysics and cosmologies in stone. Gothic High goes the other way, creating a text that is a cathedral. In this ......
Loss and Prolonged Adolescence in Twain, Melville, and Hemingway
A compelling, massively researched psychoanalytic study of the inability to mourn in Melville, Twain and Hemingway, and its roots in maternal loss.--Ann Douglas, author of TERRIBLE HONESTY: MONGREL MANHATTAN IN THE 1920S. This insightful text is recommended for all students of American culture and literature.--CHOICE.
Explores, both seductively and horrificly, the redemptive possibilities found in an American girlhood gone wrong. This title tells a story of a little girl who grew up the woman of the house; at once drink-maker, showpiece, secret-keeper, and object of lust.