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Howard Frank Mosher and the Classics: Echoes in the Vermont Writer's Works
James Robert Saunders
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Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, , black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
This book draws connections between Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher and works of classic American literature. Chapter I explores the horrors of the Civil War as conveyed in Mosher's Walking to Gatlinburg and Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. Major characters escape the battlefield and then feel a need to redeem themselves for what could be a cowardly act. Chapter II analyses how Mosher and three classic authors explore the physical and moral dangers of industrialisation, especially women's safety. Chapter III compares Mosher's Walking to Gatlinburg to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress in terms of the quest for Heaven. In Chapter ... Read more
This book draws connections between Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher and works of classic American literature. Chapter I explores the horrors of the Civil War as conveyed in Mosher's Walking to Gatlinburg and Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. Major characters escape the battlefield and then feel a need to redeem themselves for what could be a cowardly act. Chapter II analyses how Mosher and three classic authors explore the physical and moral dangers of industrialisation, especially women's safety. Chapter III compares Mosher's Walking to Gatlinburg to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress in terms of the quest for Heaven. In Chapter ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786478569
SKU
9780786478569
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About James Robert Saunders
James Robert Saunders is a professor of English at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is the author/coauthor of four other titles from McFarland. The recipient of a law degree from Harvard and a doctorate in English from the University of Michigan, he holds the dubious distinction of having successfully negotiated - while serving as Student-Coordinator of Afro-American and ... Read more
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