The power of negative thinking : cynicism and the history of modern American literature / / Benjamin Schreier.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 230 p. |
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Table of 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.