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The Eccentric Design : Form in the Classic American Novel / Marius Bewley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1963]Copyright date: ©1963Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231933629
  • 9780231893329
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. The Question of Form -- II. A Sketch for an Historical Background -- III. Fenimore Cooper and the Economic Age -- IV. Form in Fenimore Cooper's Novels -- V. Symbolism and Subject Matter -- VI. Hawthorne's Short Stories -- VII. Hawthorne's Novels -- VIII. Melville -- IX. Henry James and 'Life' -- X. Henry James and the Economic Age -- XI. Scott Fitzgerald and the Collapse of the American Dream -- XII. The Americanness of the American Novel -- Appendix A. Hamilton's Financial Reforms -- Appendix B. The Genteel Tradition -- Notes
Summary: A review of the form and style traditions of the American novel. Includes historical context and analysis of a sampling of classic American novelists. .
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. The Question of Form -- II. A Sketch for an Historical Background -- III. Fenimore Cooper and the Economic Age -- IV. Form in Fenimore Cooper's Novels -- V. Symbolism and Subject Matter -- VI. Hawthorne's Short Stories -- VII. Hawthorne's Novels -- VIII. Melville -- IX. Henry James and 'Life' -- X. Henry James and the Economic Age -- XI. Scott Fitzgerald and the Collapse of the American Dream -- XII. The Americanness of the American Novel -- Appendix A. Hamilton's Financial Reforms -- Appendix B. The Genteel Tradition -- Notes

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A review of the form and style traditions of the American novel. Includes historical context and analysis of a sampling of classic American novelists. .

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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