The power of negative thinking : cynicism and the history of modern American literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schreier, Benjamin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Cynicism in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Cynisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Cynicism in literature
Literatur
Zynismus > Motiv
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
Cynisme > Dans la littérature.
Amerikansk litteratur > historia > 1900-talet.
Cynism i litteraturen.
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • America and its discontents
  • Cynicism and the criticism of competence
  • Henry Adams and the failure of usefulness
  • Willa Cather's illegible historicism
  • The great Gatsby's betrayed Americanism
  • Miss Lonelyhearts' insincere theodicy
  • Afterword: Invisible literature.

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