Intimate and authentic economies : the American self-made man from Douglass to Chaplin /

The story of the American self-made man carries a perennial interest in American literature and cultural studies. This book examines numerous texts from Reconstruction-era autobiographies to the films of the 1930s.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nissley, Tom, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Colección:Literary criticism and cultural theory.
Temas:
American literature > History and criticism.
Success in literature.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.
Self-culture in literature.
Self in literature.
Men in literature.
Succès dans la littérature.
Actualisation de soi dans la littérature.
Autodidaxie dans la littérature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Hommes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Free labor and intimate capital : the postwar autobiographies of Douglass, Brown, and Washington
  • ch. 2. The nature theater of Americana : Horatio Alger's earnest commodities
  • ch. 3. Racial credit, white money, and the novel of assimilative lament
  • ch. 4. The reality effect in the film machine : the authentic performances of the silent comedies.

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