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The assault on progress : technology and time in American literature / J. Adam Johns.
Van Pelt Library PS217.T43 J64 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johns, J. Adam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Technology in literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Literature and technology--United States--History--19th century.
- Literature and technology.
- Literature and technology--United States--History--20th century.
- Time in literature.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 259 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Winner of the Elizabeth Agee Prize for Best Manuscript in American Literature
- Contents:
- The garden in the machine
- Melville, the pyramid, and the machine
- Mumford, Melville, and megatechnics
- Faulkner, dead time, and the southern machine
- Ellison and the technological hero
- conclusion: telos, bios, techne.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-250) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817316259
- 0817316256
- 9780817380526
- 0817380523
- OCLC:
- 214323029
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