Title Where the world is not : cultural authority and democratic desire in modern American literature / Kim Savelson

Published Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) Contents Introduction: Democracy stumbling: inventing democratic desire, and the will to believe -- A plea for pure culture: the pure science ideal -- The romance for process: means meets ends in Frank Norris's McTeague -- "Where the world is not": cultural interest and disinterest in Willa Cather's The professor's house -- Classes and masses: Willa Cather's "Purely cultural studies" and the "New commercialism" -- "Missionaries of culture": Du Bios' "Higher aims" in Ellison's Invisible man Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Pragmatism in literature. Democracy in literature. Idea (Philosophy) in literature. Inventions in literature. Social change in literature. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. American literature Democracy in literature Idea (Philosophy) in literature Intellectual life Inventions in literature Literature and society Pragmatism in literature Social change in literature Literatur Pragmatismus Motiv Demokratie Motiv Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Pragmatisme (philosophie) -- Dans la littérature. Démocratie -- Dans la littérature. Idée (philosophie) -- Dans la littérature. Inventions -- Dans la littérature. Changement social -- Dans la littérature. Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle. Pragmatismus (Motiv) Demokratie (Motiv) SUBJECT United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140367 Subject United States USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008055804 ISBN 9780814271667 0814271669

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