Tom Perrin
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2015
9781137541307
The Aesthetics of Middlebrow Fiction
Popular US Novels, Modernism, and Form, 1945–75
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
e druk, 2015
ISBN13: 9781137541307
Rubricering
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Samenvatting
During the Cold War, many popular American novels were labelled "middlebrow," leading to a general belief that these texts held less intellectual merit. Perrin debunks these unfair assumptions through works by James Michener, Harper Lee, and Leon Uris, arguing that such writers made a major contribution to the tradition of American literature.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781137541307
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Introduction: Remake it New<br/>1. The Old Men and the ' 'Sea of Masscult ' ': T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and the Middlebrow Aesthetic<br/>2. ' 'It Offers No Solutions ' ': Ambivalence and Aesthetics in the Social Problem Novel<br/>3. Rebuilding Bildung: The Novel of Aesthetic Education<br/>4. The Second-Greatest Stories Ever Told: Middlebrow Epics of 1959 and the Aesthetics of Disavowal <br/>5. Book Smarts: Masochism and Popular Postmodernism<br/>Conclusion</p>