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The Poetics of Transition – Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism: New Americanists

Autor Jonathan Levin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 1999
Examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements. This book illuminates the poetic imperatives of pragmatism by tracing the ways in which Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and Wallace Stevens capture the moment of transition.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822322962
ISBN-10: 082232296X
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 163 x 233 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Seria New Americanists


Notă biografică

Jonathan Levin is Associate Professor of English at Columbia University and Associate Editor of "Raritan""Review."

Recenzii

"Lucid and solidly argued. This book will immediately be recognized as an essential and instructive contribution to the now thriving study of pragmatism, especially in its relation to the uses of language in American poetry and fiction." (Richard Poirier, Library of America)

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"Lucid and solidly argued, "The Poetics of Transition" will immediately be recognized as an essential and instructive contribution to the now thriving study of pragmatism, especially in its relation to the uses of language in American poetry and fiction."--Richard Poirier, author of "Poetry and Pragmatism"

Cuprins

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
>Chapter One
>Chapter Two
>Chapter Three
>Chapter Four
>Chapter Five
>Chapter Six
>Chapter Seven
>Notes
Index