02350nam 2200589 a 450 991081849810332120240418044655.01-280-48988-X97866135851100-8139-2820-6(CKB)2550000000052368(OCoLC)761721220(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495617(SSID)ssj0000540232(PQKBManifestationID)11925898(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540232(PQKBWorkID)10585694(PQKB)10799954(MiAaPQ)EBC3443983(MdBmJHUP)muse6612(Au-PeEL)EBL3443983(CaPaEBR)ebr10495617(EXLCZ)99255000000005236820081216d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe power of negative thinking cynicism and the history of modern American literature /Benjamin Schreier1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20091 online resource (257 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-2812-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCynicism in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Cynicism in literature.810.9/353Schreier Benjamin1616000MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818498103321The power of negative thinking3946502UNINA$74.2505/18/2017Eng