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Upward mobility and the common good : toward a literary history of the welfare state /

We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robbins, Bruce
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robbins completely overturns these assumptions to expose a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence at the heart of the literary canon. Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Bronte, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ish.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 304 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-287) and index.
ISBN:9781400827657
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9781282158689
9786612158681
6612158689