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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... narrator of the new voice is sophisticated enough to know that a society based on self- interest will inevitably ... narrator refines rather than reverses his vision of man and society . The narrator's education consists in learning the ...
... narrator of the new voice is sophisticated enough to know that a society based on self- interest will inevitably ... narrator refines rather than reverses his vision of man and society . The narrator's education consists in learning the ...
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... narrator's retrospective vision effectively creates a sense that this member of the " aristocracy " is callously indifferent but due for a painful lesson in sensitivity and compassion . The painful lesson begins when the narrator ...
... narrator's retrospective vision effectively creates a sense that this member of the " aristocracy " is callously indifferent but due for a painful lesson in sensitivity and compassion . The painful lesson begins when the narrator ...
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... narrator awaits the departure of another ship . As he did in The Adventures of Harry Franco , Briggs creates realistic and disturbing portraits of the modern city . Liverpool , for all its industry and commerce , is a hideous place : a ...
... narrator awaits the departure of another ship . As he did in The Adventures of Harry Franco , Briggs creates realistic and disturbing portraits of the modern city . Liverpool , for all its industry and commerce , is a hideous place : a ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
TOWARDS WORK AND WEALTH | 11 |
Ben Franklin and the American Paradigm | 20 |
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