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Author:

Robertson, Ben P. (Ben Preston)

Title:

Inchbald, Hawthorne and the Romantic moral romance : little histories and neutral territories / by Ben P. Robertson.

Publisher:

Pickering & Chatto,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Inchbald,--Mrs.,--1753-1821--Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel,--1804-1864--Criticism and interpretation.
Romanticism--Great Britain.
Romanticism--United States.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
English literature--American influences
American literature--English influences

Notes:

Series from CIP data. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-242) and index.

Contents:

Introduction. The romantic moral romance : an alternative transatlantic sub-genre for Elizabeth Inchbald and Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Written in a style to endure : common sources for the romantic moral romance and the impact of Inchbald's transatlantic reputation -- Fable-world[s]' populated by 'human creatures' : toward a definition of the experimental romantic moral romance -- Adapting the 'great voicer of truth' : Shakespearean liminality in the romantic moral romance -- I will not accept your moral! : propositions of an alternative, individual and liminal moral order for Inchbald and Hawthorne -- Figures 'Pourtrayed apart' with 'Real or well-counterfeited simplicity' : complicating the romantic moral romance with symbolic and fragmentary figures -- Conclusion : Impression[s] of veracity : echoes of the romantic moral romance in the modern, symbolic novel.

Series:

Literary migrations

ISBN:

1851966277 (hbk.)
9781851966271 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)477061900

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)