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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-163) and index. |
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Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Translating the Self: Between Discord and Individualism in American Literary History; 2 Hawthorne's Drama of the Self: Antebellum Psychology and Sociality; 3 ""But the Past Was Not Dead"": Aesthetics, History, and Community in Grandfather's Chair and The Scarlet Letter; 4. The Altrurian Romances: Evolution and Immigration in Howells's Utopia; 5 The Ironic Construction of Selfhood: William James's Principles of Psychology; 6 Selfhood, Pragmatism, and Literary Studies: Who Do We Think We Are? And What Do We Think We're Doing? |
Summary |
American literary history of the nineteenth-century as a conflict between individualistic writers and a conformist society. In The Social Self, Joseph Alkana argues that such a dichotomy misrepresents the views of many authors. Sudden changes caused by the industrial revolution, urban development, increased immigration, and regional conflicts were threatening to fragment the community, and such writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne, William James, and William Dean Howells were deeply concerned about social cohesion. Alkana persuasively reintroduces Common Sense philosophy and Jamesian psychology as w. |
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Knowledge and learning -- Psychology.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. |
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Psychology. |
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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Knowledge and learning -- Psychology.
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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. |
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James, William, 1842-1910 -- Influence.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Et la psychologie. |
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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Et la psychologie. |
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James, William, 1842-1910. |
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James, William, 1842-1910 -- Influence. |
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
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19th century |
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Social psychology and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Social psychology and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Psychological fiction, American. |
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American literature -- Psychological aspects.
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American literature -- Psychological aspects. |
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Psychology in literature.
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Psychology in literature. |
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Self in literature.
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Self in literature. |
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1800 - 1899 |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Alkana, Joseph, 1953- Social self. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1997 (DLC) 96016404 (OCoLC)34545353 |
ISBN |
9780813157337 electronic book |
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0813157331 electronic book |
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0813119715 alkaline paper |
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9780813119717 alkaline paper |
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