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Fantasies of the new class ideologies of professionalism in post-World War II American fiction

Title
Fantasies of the new class [electronic resource] : ideologies of professionalism in post-World War II American fiction / Stephen Schryer.
Author
Schryer, Stephen.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (278 p.)
Uniform Title
Fantasies of the new class (Online)
Alternative Title
Fantasies of the new class (Online)
Subject
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Social classes in literature
  • Professional employees in literature
  • Elite (Social sciences) in literature
  • Professional employees > United States > History > 20th century
  • Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.
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Contents
Introduction: fantasies of the new class -- The republic of letters: the new criticism, Harvard sociology, and the idea of the university -- Life upon the horns of the white man's dilemma: Ralph Ellison, Gunnar Myrdal, and the project of national therapy -- Mary McCarthy's field guide to U.S. intellectuals: tradition and modernization theory in Birds of America -- Saul Bellow's class of explaining creatures: Mr. Sammler's planet and the rise of neoconservatism -- Experts without institutions: New Left professionalism in Marge Piercy and Ursula K. Le Guin -- Don Delillo's academia: revisiting the new class in White noise.
LCCN
2010041827
OCLC
ssj0000484311
Author
Schryer, Stephen.
Title
Fantasies of the new class [electronic resource] : ideologies of professionalism in post-World War II American fiction / Stephen Schryer.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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