The Poetics of Transition : Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Levin, Jonathan, 1960- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1999.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Influence.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Philosophy.
Pragmatism in literature.
Philosophy.
Modernism (Literature)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Pragmatisme dans la litterature.
Influence litteraire, artistique, etc.
Modernisme (Litterature) > États-Unis.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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