ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Seeming to stand as a wall between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, sentimentality is almost a defining characteristic of the greatest literary figures of the former. But reflection reveals that sentimentality is perhaps the most common of all literary modes of the twentieth century as well, disguised in the latter case by an intense obsession with sexuality. This book attempts to understand sentimentality as an important event in the developing history of Western consciousness, the state of which still parallels the condition of Mark Twain's Jim (in Huckberry Finn), imprisoned in a flimsy slave cabin of false sentiment: 'Here a captive heart busted'. The author traces this sentimental journey of modern literature by focusing on six major writers - Tennyson and Dickens as the giants of Victorian domestic sentimentality, Hopkins and Hardy as transitional figures in whom the sentimental tropes of the nineteenth century are moving toward the sexual sentimentality of the twentieth, Lawrence and Eliot as representatives in different ways of the sexual sentimentality of the twentieth century. The hypothesis of the book is that the general consciousness of Western society has undergone severe shocks as a result of the loss - and sometimes repression - of an older human awareness of what ...
Show/Hide image

Used - isbn: 0823214966 - isbn13: 9780823214969 Fordham University Press

New York: Fordham Uni Press, Date: 1993. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine in wrappers. Corners lightly bumped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. 1993. Fordham Uni Press ISBN 0823214966 US

New York Fordham Uni Press 1993 Softcover Near Fine Near fine in wrappers. Corners lightly bumped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham Uni Press, New York] Softcover Near fine in wrappers. Corners lightly bumped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham University Press 1993-10-31, New York] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

New York Fordham University Press 1993 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 207 p.

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover
[Milano, MI, Italy] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
Show/Hide image

Fordham University Press, Date: 1993-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1993. Fordham University Press ISBN 0823214966 9780823214969 [US]

Fordham. Very Good with no dust jacket. Date: 1993. Softcover. 0823214966 . B013798; 207 pages; 207 pp softcover, very good contents & wraps . 1993. Fordham ISBN 0823214966 9780823214969 [US]

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover Traces sentimentality in 19th-century imaginative literature by focusing on six major writers: Tennyson and Dickens as the giants of Victorian domestic sentimentality; Hopkins and Hardy as transitional figures; and Lawrence and Eliot as representatives, in different ways, of that era. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367. . 1993. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1993]

Fordham University Press, Date: 1993-01-01. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good - condition. Binding tight, pages secure. Light underlining and margin notes in pencil. Front cover has a light bow at the center. Previous store's price sticker on back. Solid copy! 1993. Fordham University Press ISBN 0823214966 9780823214969 [US]

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover Appears unread, may have minor damage from transit/storage. Next day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.
[Hereford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

Fordham Univ Pr, Date: 1993. Paperback. New. 220 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. 1993. Fordham Univ Pr ISBN 0823214966 9780823214969 [GB]

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham Univ Pr] Softcover 220 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

Paperback / softback. New. Traces sentimentality in 19th-century imaginative literature by focusing on six major writers: Tennyson and Dickens as the giants of Victorian domestic sentimentality; Hopkins and Hardy as transitional figures; and Lawrence and Eliot as representatives, in different ways, of that era. ISBN 0823214966 9780823214969 [GB]

ISBN10: 0823214966, ISBN13: 9780823214969, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75
[AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

Fordham University Press, Date: 1993. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1993. Fordham University Press ISBN 0823214966 9780823214969 [US]