The documentary experience : Hawthorne, Melville and the aesthetics of fancy.

The literary aesthetic conventions and innovations practiced in American fiction writers' recourse to historical documentary materials falls within a documentary tradition associated with the generic development of the novel as well as with American religious typology as an interpretive mode wh...

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Main Author:	Turner, Alden Rolfe
Other Authors:	Burt, Forrest D. (degree committee member.), Grabo, Norman S. (degree committee member.), McDermott, John J. (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	1982.
Subjects:	Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Criticism and interpretation. Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Criticism and interpretation. Nonfiction novel > History and criticism. English Academic theses Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Link to ProQuest Copy Link to OAKTrust copy