The consolations of space : the place of romance in Hawthorne, Melville, and James
This text examines the concept of the "mental landscape" in American romantic literature. It contends that this landscape creates a space in the imagination that helps to form a writer's perspective. The book also explores the function of literary allusion in 19th-century American romance.
Print Book, English, 1990
Stanford University Press, Stanford (Calif.), 1990
XII, 219 p. 23 cm
9780804717939, 0804717931
1014955509
A note on sources; Introduction; Part I. Hawthorne: Re-placing Romance: 1. Prefatory remarks; 2. A wonder book; 3. The marble faun; Part II. Melville and James: The far-Hidden Places: 4. Melville: inland voyages; 5. James: 'the science of my response'; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.