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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453506403321

Autore

Dooley Patrick Kiaran

Titolo

A community of inquiry : conversations between classical American philosophy and American literature / / Patrick K. Dooley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-63101-043-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/384

Soggetti

Philosophy in literature

American literature - 9th century - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature - Philosophy

Philosophy, American - 19th century

Philosophy, American - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Philosophical Climate in Turn-of-the-(Last)-Century America""; ""Part I: Stephen Crane: Metaphysical, Epistemological, and Ethical Pluralism""; ""1. Spectators and/or Participants: Crane on Epistemological Privilege�""; ""2. “In the Depths of a Coal Mine�: Crane�s Metaphysics of Experience""; ""3. Ethical Tolerance and Sociological Savvy: Crane�s Travels in Mexico""

""4. “Matters of Conscience� and “Blunders of Virtue�: Crane on the Varieties of Heroism, or Why Moral Philosophers Need Literature""""5. Human Solidarity in an Indiff erent Universe: Crane�s Humanism""; ""Part II: William Dean Howells and Harold Frederic: Ethical and Religious Pragmatism""; ""6. Nineteenth-Century Business Ethics and The Rise of Silas Lapham""; ""7. Howells�s Ethical Exegesis in The Rise of Silas Lapham""; ""8. Fakes and Good Frauds: Pragmatic Religion



in The Damnation of Theron Ware""

""Part III: William James, Theodore Roosevelt, Jack London, and Frank Norris: Heroism and the Strenuous Mood""""9. Public Policy and Philosophical Critique: The James-and-Roosevelt Dialogue on Strenuousness""; ""10. The Strenuous Mood: Londonâ€?s The Sea-Wolf and James on Saints and Strongmen""; ""11. Londonâ€?s “South of the Slotâ€? and Jamesâ€?s “The Divided Self â€?""; ""12. Muscular and Moral Heroism in Norrisâ€?s A Manâ€?s Woman""; ""Part IV:  Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Norman Maclean: Temperament, Memory, Community, and Work""

""13. Philosophical Pragmatism and Theological Temperament: The Religious and the Miraculous in Cather�s Death Comes for the Archbishop""""14. Cather�s Phenomenology of Memory and James�s “Specious Present�""; ""15. Tools, Work, and Machines in Cather�s One of Ours""; ""16. Creating Community: Steinbeck�s The Grapes of Wrath and Royce�s Philosophy of Loyalty""; ""17. Human Dignity, Work, the Need for Community, and “the Duty of the Writer to Lift Up:� Steinbeck�s Philosophy of Work""; ""18. Work, Friendship, and Community in Maclean�s Th e River Runs Through It""

""Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading and American Philosophy Critical Edition Projects""""Index""