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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465731203321

Autore

KoĢˆseman Zennure

Titolo

From the way to wealth to the gospel of wealth [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation in the concept of success in American literature from Benjamin Franklin to Theodore Dreiser / / Zennure Koseman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bethesda, Md., : Academica Press, c2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/353

Soggetti

American literature - History and criticism

Success in literature

Self-reliance in literature

Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature

Social change in literature

Wealth in literature

Chance in literature

Ethics in literature

Social values in literature

Moral conditions in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""COMMENDATORY FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER I THE WAY TO SUCCESS IN THE LATE COLONIAL ERA, EARLY NATIONAL REPUBLIC AND THE ROMANTIC PERIOD""; ""CHAPTER II THE MEANS AND MEANING OF RAGS TO RICHES DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA""; ""CHAPTER III THE GOSPEL OF SUCCESS IN THE GILDED AGE AND THE PROGRESSIVE ERA""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""WORKS CITED""; ""INDEX""