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Misery's Mathematics

- Mourning, Compensation, and Reality in Antebellum American Literature

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This book reveals the strain of a moment in American cultural history that led several remarkable writers -- Emerson, Warner, and Melville -- to render loss in innovative ways. These three key writers rejected Calvinist and sentimental models of bereavement, creating instead the compensations of a mature American literature.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781138981249
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 200
  • Udgivet:
  • 29. juli 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 453 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
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Forventet levering: 13. december 2024

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This book reveals the strain of a moment in American cultural history that led several remarkable writers -- Emerson, Warner, and Melville -- to render loss in innovative ways. These three key writers rejected Calvinist and sentimental models of bereavement, creating instead the compensations of a mature American literature.

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