Incremental realism : postwar American fiction, happiness, and welfare-state liberalism /

"This book offers a revisionist literary and cultural history of the postwar era to document how writers of realist fiction worked to advance the crucial value of public institutions and ongoing pursuits of socioeconomic justice within the symbolic economy of welfare-state liberalism"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Esteve, Mary (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Colección:Post 45.
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Authors, American > Political and social views.
Happiness in literature.
Welfare state in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Realism in literature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Écrivains américains > Pensée politique et sociale.
Bonheur dans la littérature.
État providence dans la littérature.
Libéralisme dans la littérature.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Authors, American > Political and social views
Happiness in literature
Liberalism in literature
Realism in literature
Welfare state in literature
American cultural history.
happiness.
incremental realism.
liberalism.
postwar American fiction.
public institutions.
socioeconomic justice.
welfare state.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the symbolic economy of postwar American happiness
  • The art, sociology, and library politics of happiness in early Philip Roth
  • Gwendolyn Brooks and the welfare state
  • Queer consumerism, straight happiness : Patricia Highsmith's "Right economy"
  • Countries of health
  • Writing mute liberalism : Peter Taylor, the South, and journeyman happiness
  • Coda : the politics of contemporary happiness.

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