Author: Harold Frederic Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Damnation of Theron Ware or Illumination
Author: Harold Frederic The Damnation of Theron Ware
Author: Harold FredericPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This Faustian tale of the spiritual disintegration of a young minister, written in the 1890s, deals subtly and powerfully with the impact of science on innocence and the collective despair that marked the transition into the modern age. In its realism, "The Damnation of Theron Ware" foreshadows Howells; in its conscious imagery it prefigures Norris, Crane, Henry James, and the "symbolic realism" of the twentieth century. Its author, Harold Frederic, internationally famous as London correspondent for the "New York Times," wrote the novel two years before his death.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
Author: Harold FredericPublisher:
ISBN: 9780781211925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Bonded Leather binding
Gloria Mundi
Author: Harold FredericPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Rural Fictions, Urban Realities
Author: Mark StoreyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199893187
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This study of late 19th-century American literature uses the period's rural fiction to reveal the increasingly intricate and sometimes problematic connections between urban and rural life.
In the Valley
Author: Harold FredericA Study Guide for Harold Frederic's "The Damnation of Theron Ware"
Author: Gale, Cengage LearningPublisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410343626
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
A Study Guide for Harold Frederic's "The Damnation of Theron Ware," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
The Damnation of Harold Frederic
Author: Bridget BennettPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
An examination of the dual life of Harold Frederic (1856-1898) as well as of his writing, which includes The Damnation of Theron Ware. The complexity of his life as an American living in London echoes his ambivalence about his double career in journalism and fiction writing.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
Author: Harold FredericPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Theron Ware is a promising young Methodist pastor recently assigned to a congregation is small town in the Adirondack Mountains, which Frederic modeled after Utica, New York. His education has been limited and his experiences limited to church society and his strict enforcement of its norms. Theron has a number of experiences that cause him to begin to question the Methodist religion, his role as a minister and the existence of God. His "illumination" consists of his awakening to new intellectual and artistic experiences embodied by several of his new acquaintances including the town's Catholic priest who introduces him to the latest Biblical scholarship; a local man of science, who eschews religion and advocates for Darwin; and a local Irish Catholic girl with musical talent and artistic pretensions, with whom Theron becomes infatuated. In the end, these three characters grow disappointed in Theron, who initially represented an interesting social specimen but whose emergence from naivete and disparagement of his congregation disappoint them. A parallel concern is the role of women in this society, with model provided by Theron's wife, the musician-aesthete, and a church fundraiser who charms Theron with a common-sensical approach to religious affairs. Having lost his vocation and his new friends, Theron departs for Seattle, where he imagines he might use his oratorical skills to enter politics.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
Author: Harold FredericPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
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