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Hospitality and treachery in western literature

Title
Hospitality and treachery in western literature : [electronic resource] / James A. W. Heffernan.
Author
Heffernan, James A. W.
Publication
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]

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Description
1 online resource (x, 426 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Hospitality and treachery in western literature : (Online)
Alternative Title
Hospitality and treachery in western literature : (Online)
Subject
  • Hospitality in literature
  • Betrayal in literature
  • European literature > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-404) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Language (note)
  • Text in English.
Contents
Introduction -- Classical hospitality -- Biblical hospitality -- Beowulf and Gawain: monstrosity, reciprocity, seduction -- Staging hospitality: Shakespeare -- Wordsworth, Coleridge, and the spirit of place -- Rousseau to Stendhal: the eroticized hostess -- Fielding to James: domesticity, mating, power -- Proust's hostesses -- Joyce, Woolf, Camus -- Epilogue.
LCCN
2013030741
OCLC
ssj0001197791
Author
Heffernan, James A. W.
Title
Hospitality and treachery in western literature : [electronic resource] / James A. W. Heffernan.
Imprint
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-404) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Language
Text in English.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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