| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part One: Words and Flesh -- Chapter 1: Minds, Machines, and Giving a Damn -- Chapter 2: That Horeb, That Kansas -- Part Two: We Solemnly Publish and Declare -- Chapter 3: Sociology to the Scientists : Ellison's virtues -- Chapter 4: Puzzles, Pawnshops, and Improvisation Cavell on Cavell and others -- Chapter 5: The Advanced US Citizenship of David Foster Wallace -- Afterward -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
In a world of matter, how can we express what matters? This book examines a constellation of post-WWII authors who pose this question through both art and argument. Seeking to dramatize our highest words, these postwar sages raise essential questions about meaning, language, science, and modernity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from HTML homepage (Oxford, viewed November 16, 2020) |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Philosophy, Modern, in literature.
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Language and languages in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
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American literature
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Language and languages in literature
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Literature and society
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Philosophy, Modern, in literature
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190682163 |
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0190682167 |
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9780190682187 |
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0190682183 |
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