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The romance in America;, studies in Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and James

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The romance in America;, studies in Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and James

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The romance in America;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

5950

Sub title

studies in Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and James

Table Of Contents

Cooper. "The aboriginal Indian vision" ; "An original conception of the life of man" ; The red and the white ; A paradise for bachelors ; The lesson of nature ; Romance as New World epic -- Poe. The secret soul of man ; The power of words ; The haunted palace of art ; The pleasures of imagination ; "Dream delivers us to dream" ; The ultimate romance -- Hawthorne. In search of the buried life ; The dark blossom of romance ; Redemption through art ; Fire or ice ; Saints and assassins -- Melville. "Marianna's face" ; A portrait of the artist as devil ; The education of a romancer ; "Aren't it all sham?" -- James. A rich passion for extremes ; Newman's moon-borne Madonna ; The "darkest abyss of romance" ; Reflections in a golden bowl

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