Title From the Way to Wealth to the Gospel of Wealth : the Transformation of the Concept of Success in American Literature From Benjamin Franklin to Theodore Dreiser

Published Palo Alto : Academica Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages) Contents ""Contents""; ""commendatory foreword""; ""preface""; ""acknowledgements""; ""introduction""; ""chapter i the way to success in the late colonial era, early national republic and the romantic period""; ""chapter ii the means and meaning of rags to riches during the reconstruction era""; ""chapter iii the gospel of success in the gilded age and the progressive era""; ""conclusion""; ""works cited""; ""index"" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- History and criticism. Chance in literature. Ethics in literature. Moral conditions in literature. Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature. Self-reliance in literature. Social change in literature. Social values in literature. Success in literature. Wealth in literature. American literature Chance in literature Ethics in literature Moral conditions in literature Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature Self-reliance in literature Social change in literature Social values in literature Success in literature Wealth in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781936320523 1936320525

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