Author: Anne Lounsbery
Publisher: Harvard University Department of Comparative Literature
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
In the early 19th century a perceived absence of literature in Russia and America gave rise to grandiose notions of literature's importance. This book examines how two traditions worked to refigure cultural lack by insisting on it. Through a comparative study of Gogol and Hawthorne, Lounsbery examines striking parallels.