The Public Life of Privacy in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

by Stacey Margolis

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Stacey Margolis rethinks a key chapter in American literary history, challenging the idea that nineteenth-century American culture was dominated by an ideology of privacy that defined subjects in terms of their intentions and desires. She reveals how writers from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Henry James depicted a world in which characters could only be understood-and, more importantly, could only understand themselves-through their public actions. She...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822335492

ISBN13:9780822335498

Release Date:May 2005

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

19th Century Antiques & Collectibles Classics Encyclopedias History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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