The poetics of transition : Emerson, pragmatism & American literary modernism /

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The Poetics of Transition examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements. Jonathan Levin begins with the Emersonian notion that transition--the movement from one state or condition to another or,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levin, Jonathan, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series:New Americanists.
Subjects:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Philosophy.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Influence.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Pragmatism in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > États-Unis.
Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
Pragmatisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Modernism (Literature)
Philosophy.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Life, transition, the energizing spirit
  • Divine overflowings: Emerson's pragmatic idealism
  • William James and the metaphorics of transition
  • The aesthetics of pragmatism
  • Santayana, Dewey, and the politics of transition
  • Henry James and the drama of transition
  • Gertrude Stein and the movement of words
  • Wallace Stevens and the pragmatist imagination.

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