National melancholy : mourning and opportunity in classic American literature / Mitchell Breitwieser.
| Author/creator | Breitwieser, Mitchell Robert, 1953- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | ix, 322 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : the time of the double not -- Early American Antigone : Anne Bradstreet -- Thomas Jefferson's prospect -- Who speaks (and who writes) in Walt Whitman's poems? -- Henry David Thoreau and the wrecks on Cape Cod -- Losing Deephaven : Sarah Orne Jewett, regionalism, and the art of loss -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, and the puzzle of inherited mourning -- Jazz fractures : F. Scott Fitzgerald and epochal representation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-316) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007019470 |
| ISBN | 9780804755818 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804755817 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS 169.N35 B74 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |