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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Reflections on political authority and rootlessness in works of Hawthorne and Melville

Abstract

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Like Plato, Hawthorne and Melville engage us in the perennial conversation about how we should live. The literary form of their political reflections recalls the incarnation of political theory in Plato's dialogues. The stories of Hawthorne and Melville enlarge our understandings about political authority and rootlessness, two features of every political community, within the American context.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Political Science
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Cahill, Christopher M.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Staal, Rein

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 1992 Cahill, Christopher M.
Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
AAI9236410
(UMI)AAI9236410
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19367

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Cahill, Christopher M.. Reflections on political authority and rootlessness in works of Hawthorne and Melville. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19367