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Pragmatic modernism / Lisi Schoenbach.
Van Pelt Library PS228.M63 S36 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schoenbach, Lisi.
- Series:
- Modernist literature & culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
- James, Henry, 1843-1916.
- Modernism (Literature).
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- James, Henry, 1843-1916--Philosophy.
- James, Henry.
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--Philosophy.
- Stein, Gertrude.
- Modernism (Aesthetics).
- Pragmatism.
- Habit (Philosophy).
- Social change--Philosophy.
- Social change.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 197 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Modernist habit
- 'Peaceful and exciting' : habit, shock, and Gertrude Stein's pragmatic modernism
- Interlude : Jamesian institutions
- Prediction theories : 'The path of the law', The wings of the dove, and the engagement with temporality
- A Jamesian state : The American scene and 'the working of Democratic institutions'
- Proustian habit and pragmatic modernism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195389845
- 0195389840
- OCLC:
- 703621230
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