The romance of failure : first-person fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James /
Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-
The romance of failure : first-person fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James / Jonathan Auerbach. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. - 1 online resource (201 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index.
Introduction: "Proper Identity" and the First Person; 1. Disfiguring the Perfect Plot: Doubling and Self-Betrayal in Poe; 2. Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance and the Death of Enchantment; 3. The Jamesian Critical Romance; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
This book focuses on the intense intimacy between author and first-person narrator in the fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James in order to defend the beleaguered "I" in these works against the depersonalizing tendencies of postructuralism. In reaffirming the importance of the human subject for the study of narrative, Auerbach shows how the first person form, in particular, underscores fundamental problems of literary representation: how fictions come to be made, and the relation between these plots and the people who make them.
English.
1602566003 9781602566002 9780195345254 (electronic bk.) 0195345258 (electronic bk.) 9780195057218 (alk. paper) 019505721X (alk. paper) 128052376X 9781280523762 (alk. paper)
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
1800-1899
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
First person narrative.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Échec dans la littérature.
Récits à la première personne.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
First person narrative.
Fiction in English American writers Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Fiction in English American writers Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Fiction in English American writers James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS374.F24 / A94 1989eb
813/.3/09353
The romance of failure : first-person fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James / Jonathan Auerbach. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. - 1 online resource (201 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) and index.
Introduction: "Proper Identity" and the First Person; 1. Disfiguring the Perfect Plot: Doubling and Self-Betrayal in Poe; 2. Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance and the Death of Enchantment; 3. The Jamesian Critical Romance; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
This book focuses on the intense intimacy between author and first-person narrator in the fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and James in order to defend the beleaguered "I" in these works against the depersonalizing tendencies of postructuralism. In reaffirming the importance of the human subject for the study of narrative, Auerbach shows how the first person form, in particular, underscores fundamental problems of literary representation: how fictions come to be made, and the relation between these plots and the people who make them.
English.
1602566003 9781602566002 9780195345254 (electronic bk.) 0195345258 (electronic bk.) 9780195057218 (alk. paper) 019505721X (alk. paper) 128052376X 9781280523762 (alk. paper)
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
1800-1899
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
First person narrative.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Échec dans la littérature.
Récits à la première personne.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
First person narrative.
Fiction in English American writers Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Fiction in English American writers Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Fiction in English American writers James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS374.F24 / A94 1989eb
813/.3/09353