Misery's Mathematics
| Author | : Peter Balaam |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2009-01-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135884338 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135884331 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Misery's Mathematics by : Peter Balaam
Download or read book Misery's Mathematics written by Peter Balaam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the strain of a moment in American cultural history that led several remarkable writers -- Emerson, Warner, and Melville -- to render loss in innovative ways. These three key writers rejected Calvinist and sentimental models of bereavement, creating instead the compensations of a mature American literature.
