Performing Intimacies with Hawthorne, Austen, Wharton, and George Eliot A Microsocial Approach /
Performing Intimacies with Hawthorne, Austen, Wharton, and George Eliot analyzes literary reproductions of everyday intimacies through a microsociological lens to demonstrate the value of reading microsocially. The text investigates the interplay between author, character, and reader and considers s...
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Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| ISBN: | 9783319939919 |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Reader and Varieties of Intimacies
- Chapter 2 "Fitting In" and Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil: A Parable"
- Chapter 3 Host-Guest Relationships in Austen's Pride and Prejudice
- Chapter 4 "Working" Intimacies in Wharton's Ethan Frome
- Chapter 5 The Gentleman in Wharton's The Age of Innocence
- Chapter 6 Unconditional Love in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss
- Chapter 7 Conclusion: Art Makes Life, Which Makes Art, Which Makes Life.