American Literary Realism and the Failed Promise of Contract

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Brook
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
1800-1899
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Realism in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Promise (Law) in literature.
Social ethics in literature.
Contracts in literature.
Law in literature.
Social status in literature.
American fiction.
Literature and society.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction
  • CHAPTER 2. Contract and the Road from Equity
  • CHAPTER 3. Henry James and the Construction of Privacy
  • CHAPTER 4. In the Hands of The Silent Partner and Spiritual Regulation in The Bread-Winners
  • CHAPTER 5. The Rise of Silas Lapham and the Hazards of Realistic Development
  • CHAPTER 6. Charles W. Chesnutt: Race and the Re-negotiation of the Federal Contract
  • CHAPTER 7. Twain, Tourgée, and the Logic of ""Separate but Equal
  • CHAPTER 8. Corporate Liberalism, the Politics of Character, and Professional Management in Phillips's The Cost and Lynde's The Grafters
  • CHAPTER 9. The Question of Agency and Delivering the Promise
  • Notes
  • Index

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