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The American Scene

Essays on Nineteenth-Century American Literature

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Stuart Hutchinson

    1. University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

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Part of the book series: New Directions in American Studies (NDAS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Cooper: The Leather-Stocking Tales

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 1-20

  3. Poe’s Fiction: Arthur Gordon Pym to ‘The Black Cat’

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 21-35

  4. Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter (1850)

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 37-56

  5. Melville: Moby-Dick (1851)

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 57-72

  6. Whitman: Leaves of Grass

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 73-93

  7. Dickinson’s Poetry

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 95-112

  8. Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 113-129

  9. James: The American Scene (1907)

    • Stuart Hutchinson
    Pages 131-144

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 145-161
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The American Scene considers major texts of nineteenth century American literature: The Leatherstocking Tales, Poe's fiction, The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Leaves of Grass, Dickinson's poetry, Huckleberry Finn, James's The American Scene. It sees these works as attempts to articulate relationships between the self and the New World. The indeterminacy of the relationships is expressed in the formal instability of the works themselves. In these respects, nineteenth century American literature is shown to offer a striking contrast to comparable English literature.

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  • University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    Stuart Hutchinson

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