Poetics of Character : Transatlantic Encounters 1700-1900.
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in RomanticismPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (338 pages)Content type: - text
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- Romanticism
- Character in literature
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism
- American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Comparative literature -- English and American
- Comparative literature -- American and English
- Romantisme
- Caractère dans la littérature
- Littérature anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature anglaise -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature américaine -- ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature américaine -- 1783-1850 -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- romanticism (form of expression)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- American literature
- American literature -- Colonial period
- Character in literature
- Comparative literature -- American and English
- Comparative literature -- English and American
- English literature
- Romanticism
- Englisch
- Literatur
- Eigenschaft
- 1600-1899
- 820.9/384 23
- PN751 .M26 2013eb
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Editorial Note; Part I Transatlantic literary history and the poetics of character; Chapter 1 'But is analogy argument?'; I: Transatlantic; II: History and rhetoric; III: Character and correspondence; IV: Literary history and nation; V: Character, rhetoric and identity; VI: Society and custom; VII: Writing character; VIII: Probability and originality; IX: Performances and personations; X: Tropes; XI: National characters; XII: Types and erasures; Part II Reading character in comparison.
IIIIV; V; Coda; Notes; Prologue; 1 'But is analogy argument?'; 2 Transatlantic contagion and the seductions of allegory; 3 'Choice of flowers'; 4 Characters and representatives; 5 Literary friendship and transatlantic correspondences; 6 Subjects and objects; 7 Historical characters; 8 Poetics of character; Bibliography; Index.
A study of literary character in a comparative context, offering a wide-ranging approach to transatlantic literature in history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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