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The power of negative thinking : cynicism and the history of modern American literature / Benjamin Schreier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schreier, Benjamin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Cynicism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613585110
- 9781280489884
- 128048988X
- 9780813928203
- 0813928206
- OCLC:
- 761721220
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