The power of negative thinking cynicism and the history of modern American literature /
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| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- America and its discontents
- Cynicism and the criticism of competence
- Henry Adams and the failure of usefulness
- Willa Cather's illegible historicism
- The great Gatsby's betrayed Americanism
- Miss Lonelyhearts' insincere theodicy
- Afterword: Invisible literature.