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| Name: | Nathaniel Hawthorne; Herman Melville; Mark Twain; Hawthorne; Melville |
|---|---|
| Dokumenttyp: | Buch |
| Alle Autoren: |
Daniel Hoffman |
| OCLC-Nummer: | 193875 |
| Beschreibung: | 368 p. 21 cm. |
| Inhalt: | 1. Fable as reality: Predilections: romance, folklore, myth -- Longbows, wonders, and witchcrafts -- The American hero: his masquerade -- Prefigurations: "The legend of Sleepy Hollow" -- 2. Hawthorne: Folklore and the moral picturesque -- Yankee bumpkin and scapegoat king -- "The Maypole of Merry Mount" and the folklore of love -- Just married! -in the village of witches -- Hester's double providence: The scarlet letter and the green -- Paradise regained at Maule's well -- The Blithedale romance: May-day in a cold Arcadia -- 3. Melville: Loomings -- Myth, magic, and metaphor in Moby-Dick -- The confidence-man: his masquerade -- 4. Mark Twain: Black magic -and white -in Huckleberry Finn -- Huckleberry Finn: his masquerade -- Retrospect: Reality as fable. |
Abstract:
This is an analysis of the elements of myth, ritual, and folklore to be found in the writings of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Irving, and other American authors.
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- American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- Literature and folklore -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, -- 1804-1864 -- Knowledge -- Folklore.
- Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- Folklore.
- Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Knowledge -- Folklore.
- Fables, American -- History and criticism.
- Oral tradition -- United States.
- Folklore in literature.
- Literary form.
- Folklore -- États-Unis.
- Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
- Hawthorne -- Nathaniel -- Romanze -- Struktur.
- Melville -- Herman -- Roman -- Textstruktur.
- American fiction -- History and criticism -- 19th century
- Fables, American -- History and criticism
- Folklore in literature
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Knowledge -- Folklore
- Literary form
- Literature and folklore -- History -- 19th century -- United States
- Melville, Herman -- Knowledge -- Folklore
- Oral tradition -- United States
- Twain, Mark -- Knowledge -- Folklore
