The Fortress of American Solitude - 9780838642177
Un libro in lingua di Shawn Thomson edito da Associated Univ Pr, 2009
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During the 19th century, argues Thompson (English, U. of Texas-Pan American) Daniel Defoe's by then classic Robinson Crusoe (1719) served as a powerful model of manhood that directed the energies of young men into the emergent marketplace and channeled their sentiment back to the home. He looks at how the themes of shipwreck, self-actualization, conquest of the wild, and heroic return was reflected, though sometimes challenged or lampooned, in the popular work of Herman Melville, Frederick Douglass, James Fenimore Cooper, George Payson, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, and other American writers before the Civil War. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Fortress of American Solitude
- Sottotitolo: Robinson Crusoe and Antebellum Culture
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Shawn Thomson
- Editore: Associated Univ Pr
- Collana: Associated Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Gennaio '09
- Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
- Argomenti : American literature 19th century History and criticism Masculinity in literature Castaways in literature
- Pagine: 243
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 165 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0838642179
- EAN-13: 9780838642177