first edition Hardcover
(c.1992) · New York/San Francisco
by Cummiskey, Gary
New York/San Francisco: Peter Lang. Near Fine. (c.1992). First Edition. Hardcover. 0820417750 . (laminated boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy, bottom corners bumped and very slightly split, but no other significant wear]. (The Age of Revolution and Romanticism: Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol. 3) Series From the author's introduction: "The fantastic short story was popular in France during two periods in the nineteenth century -- first, in the Romantic period, during the 1830's and early 1840's, and again during the last quarter of the century. The fantastic stories of the two periods are quite distinct in a number of ways (e.g., density, the nature of the fantastic element, the treatment of the non-fantastic aspects, and the tone). I have undertaken to elucidate these differences by studying the stories of each period from the point of view of the contemporary reader. I have examine the changes in the fantastic short story through an application of the theoretical work of Hans Robert Jauss." (OK, that's enough; just so you know what you're in for.) . (Inventory #: 20780)