American Tantalus: Horizons, Happiness, and the Impossible Pursuits of US Literature and Culture
Autor Dr. Andrew Warnesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 dec 2014
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781623561079
ISBN-10: 1623561078
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 9 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1623561078
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 9 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
Offers a refreshing and provocative analysis of many canonical (as well as less familiar) American literary texts
Notă biografică
Andrew Warnes is Reader in American Studies in the School of English, University of Leeds, UK.
Cuprins
Table of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Introduction:Do not touch1. Perpetual Pursuits:Happiness, horizons and other elusive objects in modern US culture2. The Becoming Blank: Fantasies of invisibility after the frontier3. Play Things:Toys at the edge of whiteness4. Necessary Torments:Temptations, falls and bodily compensations in modern US cultureConclusion:Beyond fetishismEnd NotesBibliography
Recenzii
A compelling re-examination of numerous American writers
This book is an energetic and persuasive rereading of major American writers, relocating familiar and some not so familiar figures in fresh contexts. By focusing on key concepts of desire and deferral, Andrew Warnes offers a radical remapping of American literature and, in particular of American fiction. In short, it is one of those rare critical works that changes the way we see things.
American Tantalus brilliantly elucidates a distinctively American grammar of thwarted longing. Its theoretical framework is capacious and rigorous without sacrificing close attention to textual nuance and detail. Unfailingly smart and lucidly written, this book is a significant contribution to American Studies.
This book is an energetic and persuasive rereading of major American writers, relocating familiar and some not so familiar figures in fresh contexts. By focusing on key concepts of desire and deferral, Andrew Warnes offers a radical remapping of American literature and, in particular of American fiction. In short, it is one of those rare critical works that changes the way we see things.
American Tantalus brilliantly elucidates a distinctively American grammar of thwarted longing. Its theoretical framework is capacious and rigorous without sacrificing close attention to textual nuance and detail. Unfailingly smart and lucidly written, this book is a significant contribution to American Studies.