| Description |
xiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 233-254. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Strangeness of proportion in America -- The Aboriginal demon: Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne -- Abandoned in Providence: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Howells, Henry James -- Hydraulics and heroics: William James, Stephen Crane -- Notes on electricity: Henry Adams, Eugene O'Neill -- Phoenix on Turtle Island: D.H. Lawrence in Henry Adams's America -- The sursymamericubealism of Gertrude Stein -- The goad of guilt: Adams, Scott and Zelda -- The healing image: William Carlos Williams -- The tribal no: Kenneth Burke. |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 -- Knowledge -- America.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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United States -- Civilization.
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Progress in literature.
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Myth in literature.
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| ISBN |
0809311550 |
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