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

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Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1969]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	813.09	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	813 P832	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	813.309 P843R	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	813.309 PORTE	Check Shelf

Edition	[1st ed.].
Description	xi, 235 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Form	Also issued online.
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.
Subject	American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00807048
	Roman américain - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
	Geschichte 1820-1910.
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	Aufsatzsammlung.
Other Form:	Online version: Porte, Joel. Romance in America. [1st ed.]. Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1969] (OCoLC)644368569

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