Solitude and society in the works of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton
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;
XV, 155 p. 24 cm
9780313304071, 0313304076
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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
Bibliogr.: p. 143-149