Arun Mukherjee

The Gospel of Wealth in the American Novel (Routledge Revivals)

The Rhetoric of Dreiser and Some of His Contemporaries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Business and the businessman have had a fundamental place in American society since the inception of the nation. This tenet, the 'gospel of wealth', is a central concern in the novels of Theodore Dreiser and his contemporaries. First published in 1987, this study aims to set this group of writers in their historical context and to show how they elaborated the idea of wealth as an object of quasi-religious quest. A detailed analysis, this reissue will be of particular value to students of American literature with an interest in the relationship between linguistic symbols and social order, and historical attitudes towards wealth in literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781138799332
• ISBN-10: 1138799335
• Artikelnr.: 44491073

Autorenporträt

Arun Mukherjee

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Introduction 2. Knights and Pilgrims: Businessman's Self-Images
3. The Business Culture: Dresier's Exploration of a Myth 4. The Cowperwood
Trilogy and The Heroic Myth 5. Dresier's "Half-Equipped Knights" in Sister
Carrie, The "Genius" and An American Tragedy 6. Dresier's Contemporaries:
Some Other Voices 7. Conclusion; Index