National Melancholy
Author | : Mitchell Robert Breitwieser |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 0804755817 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780804755818 |
Rating | : 4/5 (818 Downloads) |
Download or read book National Melancholy written by Mitchell Robert Breitwieser and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breitwieser's close readings reveal that the thwarting of mourning, partly linked to nationalist feeling, was a central issue for many American authors, but that those who successfully reclaimed mourning came to strange and fresh understandings of the actual world.