Description |
x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Transnational circulation in the age of realism and progressivism -- From cosmopolitanism to world-salvation: the transnational imaginary and the idea of the progressive state -- Local color, world literature, and the transnational turn in William Dean Howells's fiction and criticism -- Improper wealth getting: Henry James, the rise of finance capitalism, and the emerging global cultural economy -- Migration systems and literary production: the global routes of Abraham Cahan and Knut Hamsun -- Freedom amongst aliens: Jack London, Lafcadio Hearn, and the alternative modernity of Japan -- Coda: Modernism, multiculturalism, and the legacy of the mediating nation. |
Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Realism in literature.
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Realism in literature. |
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Progressivism in literature.
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Progressivism in literature. |
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Multiculturalism in literature.
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Multiculturalism in literature. |
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Literature and transnationalism.
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Literature and transnationalism. |
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Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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United States. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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ISBN |
1469618451 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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146961846X (ebook) |
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9781469618456 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781469618463 (ebook) |
Standard No. |
40024099116 |
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