Cosmopolitan minds : literature, emotion, and the transnational imagination /

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"During World War II and the early Cold War period, factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation, or class made a number of American writers feel marginalized in U.S. society. Cosmopolitan Minds focuses on a core of transnational writers -- Kay Boyle, Pearl S. Buck, William Gardner Smith, R...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weik von Mossner, Alexa
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Cognitive approaches to literature and culture series.
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Cosmopolitanism in literature.
Empathy in literature.
Cognition in literature.
Human rights in literature.
Transnationalism in literature.
Expatriate authors > Psychology.
Expatriate authors > History.
Authors, American > 20th century > Political and social views.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Cosmopolitisme dans la littérature.
Empathie dans la littérature.
Cognition dans la littérature.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) dans la littérature.
Transnationalisme dans la littérature.
Écrivains expatriés > Psychologie.
Écrivains expatriés > Histoire.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Pensée politique et sociale.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
American fiction
Authors, American > Political and social views
Cognition in literature
Cosmopolitanism in literature
Empathy in literature
Expatriate authors
Human rights in literature
Transnationalism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Literature, Emotion, and the Cosmopolitan Imagination
  • 1. Empathetic Cosmopolitanism: Kay Boyle and the Precariousness of Human Rights
  • 2. Sentimental Cosmopolitanism: The Transcultural Feelings of Pearl S. Buck
  • 3. Cosmopolitan Sensitivities: Bystander Guilt and Interracial Solidarity in the Work of William Gardner Smith
  • 4. Cosmopolitan Contradictions: Fear, Anger, and the Transgressive Heroes of Richard Wright
  • 5. The Limits of Cosmopolitanism: Disgust and Intercultural Horror in the Fiction of Paul Bowles
  • Conclusion: (Eco- )Cosmopolitan Feelings?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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