Experience and experimental writing : literary pragmatism from Emerson to the Jameses /

American pragmatism is premised on the notion that to find out what something is, look to fruits rather than roots. But the thought of the classical pragmatists is itself the fruit, this book argues, of earlier literary experiments in American literature.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grimstad, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
American literature > History and criticism.
Pragmatism in literature.
Literature, Experimental > United States > History and criticism.
Experience in literature.
Literary form.
Pragmatisme dans la littérature.
Littérature expérimentale > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Expérience dans la littérature.
Genres littéraires.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Experience in literature
Literary form
Literature, Experimental
Pragmatism in literature
Experimentele fictie.
Literaire genres.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Method of Nature; The Unitarian Schism; The Uses of Natural History; The Miracles Controversy; Joyous Science; Amor fati (Beautiful Limits); 2. Nonreasoning Creatures; Antebellum AI; Peirce Machines; Jumping to Conclusions; Species and Genre; The Philosophy of Composition; 3. Unearthing Pierre; Moby-Dick Reviewed; Talking Pictures (Gothic Metaphysics); Chronometricals and Horologicals; The Refused Daguerreotype; Enceladus and Allegory; 4. The Ambassador Effect; The Genteel Tradition; Two Types of Radical Empiricism; The Woollett Scale
  • Two Types of Cosmopolitanism"Then There We Are!"; 5. Conclusion: Compatibilism, Genre, Allegory, Cosmopolitanism; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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