... is conceived of as a character, not just characterization but also metacharacterization to three distinct dis­ cursive strands that come together: one line from the inward-turned practices of Bildung fiction, one line from the highly externalized theatrical practices that feed into the projective...

... struggle to satisfy selfhood amidst the psychological and societal pressures. Hawthorne recognized that this strug­ gle for life, broadly conceived, in Puritan society still characterized New England and America. Many of his works portray characters trying to cope with the social dilemma. Some do better...

...Thomas J. Scorza Copyright © 1978 by Duke University Press 1978 On the Moral Character of the American Regime: A Thousand Clowns Revisited Thomas J. Scorza Whatever may be the artistic and intellectual shortcomings of dis­ tinctly popular works of literature, such works are of great value...

...Robert H. Ferrell Empire as a Way of Life: An Essay on the Causes and Character of America’s Present Predicament along with a Few Thoughts about an Alternative . By Williams William Appleman . New York : Oxford University Press , 1980 . Pp. 229 . $14.95 . Copyright © 1981 by Duke...

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...David W. Marcell Copyright © 1967 by Duke University Press 1967 Privacy and the American Character David W. Marcell The quest for singularity has long been a central theme of the American experience. Whether a simple retreat to the woods near Walden Pond or a full-fledged flight...

...The Editor Copyright © 1902 by Duke University Press 1902 Character of the Early Virginia Trade. The earliest form which the trade of Virginia took was a monopoly in the hands of those who projected the settlement. The London Company, however, were only partially success­ ful...

...William Blackburn Christopher Marlowe: A Study of His Thoughts, Learning, and Character . By Kocher Paul H. . Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press , 1946 . Pp. 334 . $3.50 . Copyright © 1947 by Duke University Press 1947 290 The South Atlantic Quarterly trine...

...David Harris Willson The Scot in History: A Study of the Interplay of Character and History . By Notestein Wallace . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1946 . Pp. xvii , 371 . $4.00 . Copyright © 1947 by Duke University Press 1947 Book Reviews 425 The Scot in History...

...Clarence Gohdes The Thought and Character of William James . By Perry Ralph Barton . Briefer Version. Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1948 . Pp. xi , 402 . $6.00 . Copyright © 1949 by Duke University Press 1949 502 The South Atlantic Quarterly Mrs. Witherspoon to allow...

...Merle M. Bevington Dickens: His Character, Comedy, and Career . By Pearson Hesketh . New York : Harper and Brothers , 1949 . Pp. 361 . $4.00. . Copyright © 1950 by Duke University Press 1950 Book Reviews 99 too, to the delighted readers of the products of so much toil...

...Jay Martin Copyright © 1983 by Duke University Press 1983 Lionel Trilling. Mind and Character . By Shoben Edward Joseph Jr . New York : Frederick Ungar . 1981 . Pp. 278 . $13.50 . BOOKS Lionel Trilling. Mind and Character. By Edward Joseph Shoben, Jr. New York: Frederick...

...Richard L. Watson, Jr. The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character since the 1880’s . By Commager Henry Steele . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1950 . Pp. xl , 476 . $5.00 . Copyright © 1951 by Duke University Press 1951 580 The South Atlantic...

...Elmer M. Blistein Copyright © 1959 by Duke University Press 1959 THE DRIVE FOR RESPECTABILITY: AN ASPECT OF THE COMIC CHARACTER Elmer M. Blistein AT THE CONCLUSION of Plato s Symposium, that convivial, intellectual treatise on love, the convivial finally overcomes the intellectual because, we...

...Archibald C. Coolidge, Jr. Copyright © 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 Dickens Use of Character as Novelty Archibald C. Coolidge, Jr. Charles Dickens, as a serial novelist, made frequent use of the at­ traction of the new and fresh by treating his readers to the slight excitement which...

...Jack P. Greene From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765 . By Bushman Richard L. . Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1967 . Pp. xiv , 343 . $8.95 . Copyright © 1969 by Duke University Press 1969 BOOKS From Puritan to Yankee...

...Carlos T. Flick Copyright © 1969 by Duke University Press 1969 The Class Character of the Agitation for British Parliamentary Reform Carlos T. Flick In recent years historians have concluded that the class character of British politics in the first half of the nineteenth century was more...

...Wallace Jackson The Originals: An A-Z of Fiction’s Real-life Characters . By Amos William . Little, Brown and Company : Boston-Toronto , 1985 . Pp. xi , 614 . $19.95 . Copyright © 1986 by Duke University Press 1986 4M The South Atlantic Quarterly world. This mistaken...

...H. T. Parker In Search of Two Characters: Some Intimate Aspects of Napoleon and His Son . By Creston Dormer . New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons , 1946 . Pp. xiii , 402 . $5.00 . Copyright © 1947 by Duke University Press 1947 426 The South Atlantic Quarterly and David Black...

...William B. Hamilton Noble Essences: A Book of Characters . By Sitwell Sir Osbert . Boston : Atlantic-Little, Brown , 1950 . Pp. viii , 356 . $4.50 . Copyright © 1951 by Duke University Press 1951 594 South Atlantic Quarterly Noble Essences: A Book of Characters. By Sir Osbert...