The self-help compulsion : searching for advice in modern literature /

"Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers' rebukes of such instrumental purposes. As literary authors positioned themselves in opposition to people like Samuel Smiles and Dale Carnegie, readers turned...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blum, Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Fiction > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Fiction > Psychological aspects.
Psychology in literature.
Psychology and literature.
Psychological literature.
Books and reading > Psychological aspects.
Reading interests.
Self-help techniques.
Roman > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Roman > Aspect psychologique.
Psychologie dans la littérature.
Psychologie et littérature.
Psychologie > Documentation.
Livres et lecture > Aspect psychologique.
Goût de la lecture.
Autodéveloppement.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Self help's portable wisdom
  • Bouvard and Pécuchet : Flaubert's DIY dystopia
  • Negative visualization
  • Joyce for life
  • Modernism without tears
  • Practicality hunger
  • Coda : The shadow university of self help

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