Alchemical Construction of Genders in Anglo-American Fiction, 1799-1852 Visions of Utopia as Androgynous - Van Leeuwen, Evert Jan (Edwin Mellen Press, 2011)
This book examines unnoticed aspects of characters in both marginal and canonical works of American and English fiction
Includes bibliographical references and index
Alchemy, androgyny and utopianism -- Alchemists : self-portraits and interpretations -- William Godwin and his Necromancers -- William Godwin's St Leon -- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- Edward Bulwer Lytton's Zanoni -- George Lippard's Paul Ardenheim -- Nathaniel Hawthorne's The scarlet letter -- Herman Melville's Pierre
Keywords: 1800 - 1899; Geschichte 1800-1900; Geschichte; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Alchemy in literature; American fiction; Androgyny (Psychology) in literature; Characters and characteristics in literature; English fiction; Romanticism; Utopias in literature; Alchemie; Bellettrie; Utopieën; Amerikaans; Engels; Androgynie; Englisch; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Roman; Alchemie -- Motiv; Utopie; Androgynie -- Psychologie, Motiv; USA