Hawthorne, sculpture, and the question of American art / by Deanna Fernie.

Author
Fernie, Deanna, 1962- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2011.
Description
xii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    Summary note
    Fernie's intellectually rewarding book analyses the recurring motif of the fragment in Hawthorne's fiction, specifically its double trajectory towards past and future, to trace Hawthorne's lifelong engagement with American art.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: the chiselling pen
    • American laokoon
    • Ruin or project?
    • An American Michelangelo
    • The shattered fountain
    • Donatello's bust
    • Epilogue: sculpting America.
    ISBN
    • 9780754654797 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 0754654796 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2010019962
    OCLC
    615339765
    International Article Number
    • 9780754654797
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