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Solitude and Society in the Works of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton (Contributions to the Study of American Literature)
Solitude and Society in the Works of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton - Contributions to the Study of American Literature
Author: Linda Costanzo Cahir
The interplay between solitude and society was a particularly persistent theme in nineteenth-century American literature. In confronting the antithetical states of isolation and community, these writers posed a number of questions concerning the relationships among God, humanity, and the universe. Herman Melville argued that while we are free to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313304071
ISBN-10: 0313304076
Publication Date: 2/28/1999
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Greenwood Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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