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The poetics of transition : Emerson, pragmatism, & American literary modernism

Title
The poetics of transition : Emerson, pragmatism, & American literary modernism / Jonathan Levin.
Author
Levin, Jonathan, 1960-
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 1999.

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Description
xviii, 222 p.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
New Americanists
Subject
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Philosophy
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Influence
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Modernism (Literature) > United States
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Pragmatism in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.
Contents
Life, transition, the energizing spirit -- Divine overflowings: Emerson's pragmatic idealism -- William James and the metaphorics of transition -- The aesthetics of pragmatism -- Santayana, Dewey, and the politics of transition -- Henry James and the drama of transition -- Gertrude Stein and the movement of words -- Wallace Stevens and the pragmatist imagination.
Call Number
JFE 99-6901
ISBN
  • 0822322773 (alk. paper)
  • 082232296X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
98008840
OCLC
39334691
Author
Levin, Jonathan, 1960-
Title
The poetics of transition : Emerson, pragmatism, & American literary modernism / Jonathan Levin.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series
New Americanists
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 99-6901
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