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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Praeger
- Binding
- TC
- EAN
- 9780313304071
- ISBN
- 0313304076
- Book Title
- Solitude and Society in the Works of Herman Melvil
- Manufacturer
- Praeger
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0313304076
ISBN-13
9780313304071
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1094812
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Solitude and Society in the Works of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton
Subject
General, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Series
Contributions to the Study of American Literature Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
98-026435
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
Vol. 1
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Volume Number
3
Dewey Decimal
813
Table Of Content
Preface Melville and Wharton: The American Diptych The Devil's Children: The Isolation of Self-Reliance The Mysterious Stranger The Sociable Isolato The Sexual Transgressor Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Argues that Wharton drew extensively from Melville's works to explore the relationship between the solitary individual and society., The interplay between solitude and society was a particularly persistent theme in nineteenth-century American literature, though writers approached this theme in different ways. Poe explored the metaphysical significance of isolation and held solitude in high esteem; Hawthorne viewed the theme in moral terms and examined the obligation of each individual to the larger community; and Emerson maintained that the contradictory states of self-reliance and solidarity are fundamental to human happiness. Herman Melville emerged with an ontological response to this issue. Questioning the nature of being, he argued that humans are essentially isolated creatures. While he grants that we are free to choose how we conduct our lives, whether in solitude or in society, we cannot escape the essential condition of our alienation. Thus in Moby-Dick, he coins the term Isolato to signify the inherent separateness of all individuals. Writing some fifty years later, Edith Wharton reached the same conclusion. This book argues that Wharton's views on solitude and society were strongly parallel to those of Melville. Scholars have generally held that Wharton was primarily influenced by the great English, French, and Russian writers of the nineteenth century; and that with the exception of Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry James, she neglected the influence of American literature almost entirely. This study demonstrates that Wharton read a significant portion of Melville's writings, that she reflected on the nature and achievement of his works, and that her consideration of his importance emerged during very significant moments in her life, when she was forced to grapple with her own place as an individual in relation to a larger community. Though Melville and Wharton initially seem disparate, this book shows that they had much in common. By studying the two authors side by side, this volume reveals that they shared a similar way of seeing the world, particularly with respect to their considerations of solitude and society. Through their solitary characters, Melville and Wharton question the relationship of self and society and thus engage a universal problem of special interest to the nineteenth century.
LC Classification Number
PS2388
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