Capitalism in Early American Literature: Texts and ContextsPeter Lang, 1996 - 183 էջ Capitalism in Early American Literature: Texts and Contexts is a literary history that shows how the idea of America as the land of capitalist enterprise - where rewards are always commensurate with productivity - came to flourish in our national literature. Covering the colonial period, the early national period, and the Jacksonian period, this study examines a variety of writers, including many of our best early writers of fiction, who chronicle and celebrate - and sometimes condemn - the vision of America as the land of economic opportunity. |
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... Captain comments on American society as he gets Teague out of various situations and scrapes . Brackenridge critic John Engell has pointed out that the Captain , although a person of integrity , is too naive to be considered a totally ...
... Captain comments on American society as he gets Teague out of various situations and scrapes . Brackenridge critic John Engell has pointed out that the Captain , although a person of integrity , is too naive to be considered a totally ...
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... Captain refuses to go along with the proposed fraud , the agent rejoins , “ It is a very common thing for men to speculate , now a - days . If you will not , another will . An 100 dollars might as well be in your pocket as another man's ...
... Captain refuses to go along with the proposed fraud , the agent rejoins , “ It is a very common thing for men to speculate , now a - days . If you will not , another will . An 100 dollars might as well be in your pocket as another man's ...
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... captain , too , seems ill - suited for his position : Our captain was a rash , petulant man , without any of the generous roughness of a sailor , but with all his domineering and unfeeling vices . He prided himself on his gentlemanly ...
... captain , too , seems ill - suited for his position : Our captain was a rash , petulant man , without any of the generous roughness of a sailor , but with all his domineering and unfeeling vices . He prided himself on his gentlemanly ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
TOWARDS WORK AND WEALTH | 11 |
Ben Franklin and the American Paradigm | 20 |
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