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Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson
| Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
| Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
| Collana | New southern studies |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459341503321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976->
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson
| Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
| Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
| Collana | New southern studies |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792446803321 |
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Taylor Melanie Benson <1976->
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disturbing calculations : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson
| Disturbing calculations : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
| Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
| Collana | New southern studies |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824741003321 |
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Taylor Melanie Benson <1976->
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Philosophy and Literature in Times of Crisis : Challenging Our Infatuation With Numbers / / Michael Mack
| Philosophy and Literature in Times of Crisis : Challenging Our Infatuation With Numbers / / Michael Mack |
| Autore | Mack Michael <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Bloomsbury, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93358 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and society
Literature - Philosophy Numbers in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-62892-703-8
1-62356-845-5 1-62356-979-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Objects and number: Our Current Infatuation -- Chapter 1. What is it about Numbers? -- Chapter 2. Playing the Numbers: Ethics and Economics -- Chapter 3. Certainty and the Predictability of Numbers: the question of Literary Ethics -- Chapter 4. A Disenchantment with Numbers: Philosophy and Literature -- Chapter 5. Medicine and the Limits of Numbers -- Chapter 6. Towards a Numerical Ambiguity -- Conclusion: From Numbers to the Individual: A New Ethics of Subjectivity -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511437203321 |
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Mack Michael <1969->
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| New York : , : Bloomsbury, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Philosophy and Literature in Times of Crisis : Challenging Our Infatuation With Numbers / / Michael Mack
| Philosophy and Literature in Times of Crisis : Challenging Our Infatuation With Numbers / / Michael Mack |
| Autore | Mack Michael <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Bloomsbury, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93358 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and society
Literature - Philosophy Numbers in literature |
| ISBN |
1-62892-703-8
1-62356-845-5 1-62356-979-6 |
| Classificazione | LIT000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Objects and number: Our Current Infatuation -- Chapter 1. What is it about Numbers? -- Chapter 2. Playing the Numbers: Ethics and Economics -- Chapter 3. Certainty and the Predictability of Numbers: the question of Literary Ethics -- Chapter 4. A Disenchantment with Numbers: Philosophy and Literature -- Chapter 5. Medicine and the Limits of Numbers -- Chapter 6. Towards a Numerical Ambiguity -- Conclusion: From Numbers to the Individual: A New Ethics of Subjectivity -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789122303321 |
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Mack Michael <1969->
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| New York : , : Bloomsbury, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Philosophy and Literature in Times of Crisis : Challenging Our Infatuation With Numbers / / Michael Mack
| Philosophy and Literature in Times of Crisis : Challenging Our Infatuation With Numbers / / Michael Mack |
| Autore | Mack Michael <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Bloomsbury, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93358 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and society
Literature - Philosophy Numbers in literature |
| ISBN |
1-62892-703-8
1-62356-845-5 1-62356-979-6 |
| Classificazione | LIT000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Objects and number: Our Current Infatuation -- Chapter 1. What is it about Numbers? -- Chapter 2. Playing the Numbers: Ethics and Economics -- Chapter 3. Certainty and the Predictability of Numbers: the question of Literary Ethics -- Chapter 4. A Disenchantment with Numbers: Philosophy and Literature -- Chapter 5. Medicine and the Limits of Numbers -- Chapter 6. Towards a Numerical Ambiguity -- Conclusion: From Numbers to the Individual: A New Ethics of Subjectivity -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827866303321 |
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Mack Michael <1969->
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| New York : , : Bloomsbury, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History [[electronic resource] /] / F.P. Lock
| The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History [[electronic resource] /] / F.P. Lock |
| Autore | Lock F. P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newark, : University of Delaware Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 824.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and history
Numbers in literature Symbolism of numbers in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-65875-5
1-61149-417-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Note on References; Preface; 1 Numbers; 2 Time; 3 Place; 4 Population; 5 War; 6 Religion; 7 Money; 8 Books; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462001203321 |
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Lock F. P
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| Newark, : University of Delaware Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History [[electronic resource] /] / F.P. Lock
| The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History [[electronic resource] /] / F.P. Lock |
| Autore | Lock F. P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newark, : University of Delaware Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 824.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and history
Numbers in literature Symbolism of numbers in literature |
| ISBN |
1-283-65875-5
1-61149-417-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Note on References; Preface; 1 Numbers; 2 Time; 3 Place; 4 Population; 5 War; 6 Religion; 7 Money; 8 Books; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786336403321 |
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Lock F. P
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| Newark, : University of Delaware Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History / / F.P. Lock
| The rhetoric of numbers in Gibbon's History / / F.P. Lock |
| Autore | Lock F. P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newark, : University of Delaware Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 824.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature and history
Numbers in literature Symbolism of numbers in literature |
| ISBN |
1-283-65875-5
1-61149-417-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Note on References; Preface; 1 Numbers; 2 Time; 3 Place; 4 Population; 5 War; 6 Religion; 7 Money; 8 Books; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824009303321 |
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Lock F. P
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| Newark, : University of Delaware Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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