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Author Balaam, Peter, 1963-

Title Misery's mathematics : mourning, compensation, and reality in antebellum American literature / Peter Balaam.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 186 pages) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Literary criticism and cultural theory
Literary criticism and cultural theory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
Contents "The laws of our learning" : Emerson's grief and the geological principles of loss -- Playing with water : thrill and theodicy in The wide, wide world -- Representing grief, mourning representation : Melville's Piazza tales.
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Subject Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Criticism and interpretation.
Warner, Susan, 1819-1885. Wide, wide world.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Piazza tales.
Lightning-rod man (Melville, Herman)
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Grief in literature.
Grief in literature.
Bereavement in literature.
Bereavement in literature.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Balaam, Peter, 1963- Misery's mathematics. New York : Routledge, 2009 9780415968072 0415968070 (DLC) 2009000547 (OCoLC)298541251
ISBN 9780203504000 (electronic book)
0203504003 (electronic book)
9780415968072 (Cloth)
0415968070 (Cloth)