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 |
Autore | Köseman Zennure |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bethesda, Md., : Academica Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465731203321 |
Köseman Zennure | ||
Bethesda, Md., : Academica Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Autore | Köseman Zennure |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bethesda, Md., : Academica Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792299203321 |
Köseman Zennure | ||
Bethesda, Md., : Academica Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Paper Money Men : Commerce, Manhood, and the Sensational Sphere in Antebellum America / / David Anthony |
Autore | Anthony David <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 225 p. :) : ill. ; |
Soggetto topico |
Sensationalism in literature
Masculinity - Economic aspects - United States Wealth in literature Money in literature Masculinity in literature Economics in literature American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8142-7139-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Sleepy hollow," gothic masculinity, and the panic of 1819 -- Shylock on Wall Street; or, the Jessica complex in antebellum sensationalism -- Banking on emotion: debt and male submission in the urban gothic -- Tabloid manhood, speculative femininity -- "Success" and race in the House of the seven gables. |
Altri titoli varianti | Commerce, manhood, and the sensational public sphere in antebellum America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524894703321 |
Anthony David <1964-> | ||
Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncommon wealths in postcolonial fiction [[e-book] /] / edited by Helga Ramsey-Kurz, Melissa Kennedy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 809.93358 |
Collana | Cross/Cultures |
Soggetto topico |
Postcolonialism in literature
Wealth in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-04-35958-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Introduction / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Into Our Labours: Work and Literary Form in World Literature / Neil Lazarus -- Hidden in the Chaotic Tumble of Events: Toronto’s Rich in Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion / Helga Ramsey–Kurz -- Spartan Luxury: A Poetics of Finitude and Fullness in A Strange and Sublime Address / Sandhya Shetty -- Writing Congo / Helen Tiffin -- The Black Diamond and the Queen BEE: Representations of Wealth, Corruption, and Women’s Sexuality in Two South African Novels / Cheryl Stobie -- The Truth on Common Poverty and Uncommon Wealth in Rural Kenya: Stanley Gazemba’s The Stone Hills of Maragoli / Alex Nelungo Wanjala -- Neoliberalism, Water Scarcity, and Common Wealth: Mohsin Hamid’s How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia / David Waterman -- Indigenous Cosmopolitanism / Sneja Gunew -- Colonial Capitalism’s ‘Disvaluation’ of Indigenous Australians’ Uncommon Wealth: Scholarly Analyses and Literary Representations / Sheila Collingwood–Whittick -- Weal/th in the Land: Re-Imagining Indigenous Land-Use in Australia / Geoff Rodoreda -- Indigenous Degrowth and Global Capitalism: Exploring Notions of Development in New Zealand Literature / Paola Della Valle -- Wards and Rewards: Adoptability and Lost Children / John Mcleod -- Exploring the European ‘Common’ Wealth: A Black British Literary and Artistic Tour / Francesco Cattani -- Alpenreich | Alpine Riches: Writing Back Mountain Stories / Eva–Maria Müller -- How to Be Rich, Popular, and Have It All: Conflicted Attitudes to Wealth and Poverty in Post-Crisis Fiction / Melissa Kennedy -- Notes on the Contributors and Editors / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Index / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511338503321 |
Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncommon wealths in postcolonial fiction [[e-book] /] / edited by Helga Ramsey-Kurz, Melissa Kennedy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 809.93358 |
Collana | Cross/Cultures |
Soggetto topico |
Postcolonialism in literature
Wealth in literature |
ISBN | 90-04-35958-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Introduction / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Into Our Labours: Work and Literary Form in World Literature / Neil Lazarus -- Hidden in the Chaotic Tumble of Events: Toronto’s Rich in Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion / Helga Ramsey–Kurz -- Spartan Luxury: A Poetics of Finitude and Fullness in A Strange and Sublime Address / Sandhya Shetty -- Writing Congo / Helen Tiffin -- The Black Diamond and the Queen BEE: Representations of Wealth, Corruption, and Women’s Sexuality in Two South African Novels / Cheryl Stobie -- The Truth on Common Poverty and Uncommon Wealth in Rural Kenya: Stanley Gazemba’s The Stone Hills of Maragoli / Alex Nelungo Wanjala -- Neoliberalism, Water Scarcity, and Common Wealth: Mohsin Hamid’s How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia / David Waterman -- Indigenous Cosmopolitanism / Sneja Gunew -- Colonial Capitalism’s ‘Disvaluation’ of Indigenous Australians’ Uncommon Wealth: Scholarly Analyses and Literary Representations / Sheila Collingwood–Whittick -- Weal/th in the Land: Re-Imagining Indigenous Land-Use in Australia / Geoff Rodoreda -- Indigenous Degrowth and Global Capitalism: Exploring Notions of Development in New Zealand Literature / Paola Della Valle -- Wards and Rewards: Adoptability and Lost Children / John Mcleod -- Exploring the European ‘Common’ Wealth: A Black British Literary and Artistic Tour / Francesco Cattani -- Alpenreich | Alpine Riches: Writing Back Mountain Stories / Eva–Maria Müller -- How to Be Rich, Popular, and Have It All: Conflicted Attitudes to Wealth and Poverty in Post-Crisis Fiction / Melissa Kennedy -- Notes on the Contributors and Editors / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Index / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796547003321 |
Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncommon wealths in postcolonial fiction [[e-book] /] / edited by Helga Ramsey-Kurz, Melissa Kennedy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 809.93358 |
Collana | Cross/Cultures |
Soggetto topico |
Postcolonialism in literature
Wealth in literature |
ISBN | 90-04-35958-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Introduction / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Into Our Labours: Work and Literary Form in World Literature / Neil Lazarus -- Hidden in the Chaotic Tumble of Events: Toronto’s Rich in Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion / Helga Ramsey–Kurz -- Spartan Luxury: A Poetics of Finitude and Fullness in A Strange and Sublime Address / Sandhya Shetty -- Writing Congo / Helen Tiffin -- The Black Diamond and the Queen BEE: Representations of Wealth, Corruption, and Women’s Sexuality in Two South African Novels / Cheryl Stobie -- The Truth on Common Poverty and Uncommon Wealth in Rural Kenya: Stanley Gazemba’s The Stone Hills of Maragoli / Alex Nelungo Wanjala -- Neoliberalism, Water Scarcity, and Common Wealth: Mohsin Hamid’s How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia / David Waterman -- Indigenous Cosmopolitanism / Sneja Gunew -- Colonial Capitalism’s ‘Disvaluation’ of Indigenous Australians’ Uncommon Wealth: Scholarly Analyses and Literary Representations / Sheila Collingwood–Whittick -- Weal/th in the Land: Re-Imagining Indigenous Land-Use in Australia / Geoff Rodoreda -- Indigenous Degrowth and Global Capitalism: Exploring Notions of Development in New Zealand Literature / Paola Della Valle -- Wards and Rewards: Adoptability and Lost Children / John Mcleod -- Exploring the European ‘Common’ Wealth: A Black British Literary and Artistic Tour / Francesco Cattani -- Alpenreich | Alpine Riches: Writing Back Mountain Stories / Eva–Maria Müller -- How to Be Rich, Popular, and Have It All: Conflicted Attitudes to Wealth and Poverty in Post-Crisis Fiction / Melissa Kennedy -- Notes on the Contributors and Editors / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy -- Index / Helga Ramsey-Kurz and Melissa Kennedy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807293003321 |
Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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