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UNINA9910818498103321 |
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Autore |
Schreier Benjamin |
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Titolo |
The power of negative thinking : cynicism and the history of modern American literature / / Benjamin Schreier |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-48988-X |
9786613585110 |
0-8139-2820-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Cynicism in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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America and its discontents -- Cynicism and the criticism of competence -- Henry Adams and the failure of usefulness -- Willa Cather's illegible historicism -- The great Gatsby's betrayed Americanism -- Miss Lonelyhearts' insincere theodicy -- Afterword: Invisible literature. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Schreier's close reading and his vigorous theoretical examination of analytical first principles combine to make a book that is valuable not only to the study of methodology but to the scrutiny of the very assumptions the humanities bring to the exploration of the way we think. |
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