Fantasies of the New Class: Ideologies of Professionalism in Post-World War II American Fiction
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- Synopsis
- Linking literary and historical trends, Stephen Schryer underscores the exalted fantasies that arose from postwar American writers' new sense of their cultural mission. Hoping to transform capitalism from within, writers and critics tried to cultivate aesthetically attuned professionals who could disrupt the narrow materialism of the bourgeoisie.
- Copyright:
- 2011
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780231527477
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/16/13
- Copyrighted By:
- Columbia University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.