| Description |
xiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 233-254. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Strangeness of proportion in America -- Aboriginal demon: Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne -- Abandoned in Providence: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Howells, Henry James -- Hydraulics and heroics: William James, Stephen Crane -- Notes on electricity: Henry Adams, Eugene O'Neill -- Phoenix on Turtle Island: D.H. Lawrence in Henry Adams's America -- Sursymamericubealism of Gertrude Stein -- Goad of guilt: Adams, Scott and Zelda -- Healing image: William Carlos Williams -- Tribal no: Kenneth Burke. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 -- Knowledge and learning -- America.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918. |
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America. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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United States -- Civilization.
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United States. |
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Civilization. |
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Progress in literature.
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Progress in literature. |
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Myth in literature.
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Myth in literature. |
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Littérature américaine -- Histoire et critique. |
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États-Unis -- Civilisation. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Wasserstrom, William. Ironies of progress. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1984 (OCoLC)566397023 |
| ISBN |
0809311550 |
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9780809311552 |
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