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The power of negative thinking : cynicism and the history of modern American literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schreier, Benjamin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Cynicism in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.