| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 280 pages). |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Series |
Post 45
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Post 45.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the symbolic economy of postwar American happiness -- The art, sociology, and library politics of happiness in early Philip Roth -- Gwendolyn Brooks and the welfare state -- Queer consumerism, straight happiness : Patricia Highsmith's "Right economy" -- Countries of health -- Writing mute liberalism : Peter Taylor, the South, and journeyman happiness -- Coda : the politics of contemporary happiness. |
| Summary |
"This book offers a revisionist literary and cultural history of the postwar era to document how writers of realist fiction worked to advance the crucial value of public institutions and ongoing pursuits of socioeconomic justice within the symbolic economy of welfare-state liberalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- Political and social views.
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Authors, American -- Political and social views. |
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Authors, American. |
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Happiness in literature.
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Welfare state in literature.
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Happiness in literature. |
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Liberalism in literature.
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Welfare state in literature. |
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Realism in literature.
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Realism in literature. |
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Liberalism in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Indexed Term |
American cultural history. |
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happiness. |
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incremental realism. |
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liberalism. |
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postwar American fiction. |
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public institutions. |
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socioeconomic justice. |
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welfare state. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Esteve, Mary. Incremental realism Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. 9781503613942 (DLC) 2020021118 |
| ISBN |
9781503614383 electronic book |
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1503614387 electronic book |
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9781503613942 hardcover |
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9781503614376 paperback |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781503614383 |
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