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American literary realism and the failed promise of contract
- Title
- American literary realism and the failed promise of contract / Brook Thomas.
- Author
- Thomas, Brook, 1947-
- Publication
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1997.
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- Description
- xiii, 359 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contract and the Road from Equity -- 3. Henry James and the Construction of Privacy -- 4. In the Hands of The Silent Partner and Spiritual Regulation in The Bread-Winners -- 5. The Rise of Silas Lapham and the Hazards of Realistic Development -- 6. Charles W. Chesnutt: Race and the Re-negotiation of the Federal Contract -- 7. Twain, Tourgee, and the Logic of "Separate but Equal" -- 8. Corporate Liberalism, the Politics of Character, and Professional Management in Phillips's The Cost and Lynde's The Grafters -- 9. The Question of Agency and Delivering the Promise.
- ISBN
- 0520206479 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96003719
- OCLC
- 34151027
- ocm34151027
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries