Upward Mobility and the Common Good : Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State /

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We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robbins, Bruce
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Litteratur > historia > 1800-talet > 1900-talet.
Sexualitet i litteraturen.
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Social mobility in literature.
Welfare state in literature.
Mentoring in literature.
Sex in literature.
Soziale Wohlfahrt.
Lebensqualität.
Sozialer Aufstieg > Motiv.
Literatur.
Erotik > Motiv.
Fiction.
Literature.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Roman > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
État providence dans la litterature.
Mentorat dans la litterature.
Sexualite dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robbins completely overturns these assumptions to expose a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence at the heart of the literary canon. Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Bronte, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ish.
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 pages).
ISBN:9781400827657

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