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Author:

Fiedler, Leslie A.

Title:

Love and death in the American novel [by] Leslie A. Fiedler.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Stein and Day,

Copyright Date:

1966

Description:

512 p. 22 cm.

Subject:

Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and anthropology--United States.
Archetype (Psychology) in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Death in literature.
Love in literature.
Roman américain--Thèmes, motifs.
Nord-Américains dans la littérature.
Littérature et anthropologie--États-Unis.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Archétype (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Relations raciales dans la littérature.
Mort dans la littérature.
Amour dans la littérature.

Contents:

pt. 2. The power of blackness: Faustian man and the cult of violence. The novel and America -- The novel's audience and the sentimental love religion -- Richardson and the tragedy of seduction -- The bourgeois sentimental novel and the female audience -- The beginnings of the anti-bourgeois sentimental novel in America -- Charles Brockden Brown and the invention of the America Gothic -- James Fenimore Cooper and the historical romance -- pt. 2. Achievement and frustration: Clarissa in America: toward Marjorie Morningstar -- Good good girls and good bad boys: Clarissa as a juvenile -- The revenge on woman: from Lucy to Lolita -- The failure of sentiment and the evasion of love -- The blackness of darkness: Edgar Allen Poe and the development of the Gothic -- The power of blackness: Faustian man and the cult of violence.

LCCN:

66014948

Locations:

JAAX771 -- Faith Baptist Bible College - John L. Patten Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)