Elizabeth Amato

The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime

Political Theory in Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores happiness research and liberal theory. It treats four American novelists as political thinkers through close textual analysis of their novels. This book concludes that friendship is the real basis of happiness and that it is an alternative to the individualistic pursuit of happiness.

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Produktdetails

• Politics, Literature, & Film
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 447g
• ISBN-13: 9781498554190
• ISBN-10: 1498554199
• Artikelnr.: 51152229

Autorenporträt

By Elizabeth Amato

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness Chapter 2: Tom Wolfe's
Status Hungry America Chapter 3: Walker Percy's Search Chapter 4: Edith
Wharton's Case for Happiness and Society Chapter 5: Hawthorne's Hope for
Friendship and Happiness Chapter 6: Sharing the Pursuit of Happiness