forrest glen robinson (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. viii+255 pages with index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. First edition. Robinson's argument takes rise from a close analysis of social dynamics as represented in "Tom Sawyer". Robinson finds that Mark Twain's characters are engaged in an elaborate form of social play whose dominant feature is "bad faith," the broad spectrum of deceits people resort to in their quest for social stability and individual equanimity. Characters and author and audience, he argues, share very similar cultural predispositions to affirm and deny. Condition: a near fine copy in like jacket.