The Stoic Strain in American Literature – Essays in Honour of Marston LaFrance

The Stoic Strain in American Literature\nby Duane J. MacMillan\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Duane J. MacMillan\nTitle: The Stoic Strain in American Literature\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literature: history and criticism\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 1979\nISBN-13: 9781487577254\nISBN-10: 1487577257\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nMarston LaFrance (1927-75) was a stoic for most of his life, although the basic humanitas of the man softened what otherwise might have been mere grim endurance. This tribute to him is a new kind of festschrift: the papers in it are unified by their strict critical focus on stoicism in American literature. The strain is evident in bot.