Daniel Shaviro

Bonfires of the American Dream in American Rhetoric, Literature and Film

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Produktbeschreibung

In Bonfires of the American Dream, through close cultural studies of classic novels and films - Atlas Shrugged, The Great Gatsby, It's a Wonderful Life, and The Wolf of Wall Street - Daniel Shaviro helps to provide a better understanding of what went wrong culturally in America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781839983825
• ISBN-10: 1839983825
• Artikelnr.: 62635510

Autorenporträt

Daniel Shaviro, the Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation at NYU Law School, writes mainly about tax policy and inequality. Anthem Press published his well-regarded prior literary study, Literature and Inequality, in 2020.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Winners and Losers in Russell Conwell's Acres of Diamonds Lecture and the John Galt Speech in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
CHAPTER 3 Pessimism for Optimists and Voyeurism for Pessimists in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
CHAPTER 4 Bailey Versus Belfort: Comparing It's a Wonderful Life and The Wolf of Wall Street
CHAPTER 5 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index 125