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1 online resource (167 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Translating the Self: Between Discord and Individualism in American Literary History; 2 Hawthorne's Drama of the Self: Antebellum Psychology and Sociality; 3 ""But the Past Was Not Dead"": Aesthetics, History, and Community in Grandfather's Chair and The Scarlet Letter; 4. The Altrurian Romances: Evolution and Immigration in Howells's Utopia; 5 The Ironic Construction of Selfhood: William James's Principles of Psychology; 6 Selfhood, Pragmatism, and Literary Studies: Who Do We Think We Are? And What Do We Think We're Doing? |
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American literary history of the nineteenth-century as a conflict between individualistic writers and a conformist society. In The Social Self, Joseph Alkana argues that such a dichotomy misrepresents the views of many authors. Sudden changes caused by the industrial revolution, urban development, increased immigration, and regional conflicts were threatening to fragment the community, and such writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne, William James, and William Dean Howells were deeply concerned about social cohesion. Alkana persuasively reintroduces Common Sense philosophy and Jamesian psychology as w |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-163) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Knowledge -- Psychology
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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Knowledge -- Psychology
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James, William, 1842-1910 -- Influence
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 fast |
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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 fast |
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James, William, 1842-1910 fast |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Social psychology and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
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American literature -- Psychological aspects
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Psychology in literature.
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Self in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American fiction
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American literature -- Psychological aspects
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Psychological fiction, American
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Psychology
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Psychology in literature
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Self in literature
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Social psychology and literature
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United States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813157337 |
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0813157331 |
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