| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 197 pages) |
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Modernist literature & culture |
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Modernist literature & culture.
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| Contents |
Modernist habit -- 'Peaceful and exciting' : habit, shock, and Gertrude Stein's pragmatic modernism -- Interlude : Jamesian institutions -- Prediction theories : 'The path of the law', The wings of the dove, and the engagement with temporality -- A Jamesian state : The American scene and 'the working of Democratic institutions' -- Proustian habit and pragmatic modernism |
| Summary |
'Pragmatic Modernism' traces an alternative strain of modernism influenced by pragmatist philosophy and characterized by its commitment to gradualism, continuity, and habit rather than spectacular events and radical rupture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Philosophy
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Philosophy
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| SUBJECT |
James, Henry, 1843-1916. fast (OCoLC)fst00028686 |
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. fast (OCoLC)fst00030233 |
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James, Henry, (1843-1916) -- Philosophie. ram |
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Stein, Gertrude, (1874-1946) -- Philosophie. ram |
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Modernism (Literature)
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Modernism (Aesthetics)
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Pragmatism.
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Habit (Philosophy)
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Social change -- Philosophy
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pragmatism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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American literature.
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Habit (Philosophy)
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Modernism (Aesthetics)
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Modernism (Literature)
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Philosophy.
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Pragmatism.
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Social change -- Philosophy.
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Modernisme (littérature)
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Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Modernisme (esthétique)
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Pragmatisme (philosophie)
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Habitude (philosophie)
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Changement social.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199909384 |
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0199909385 |
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9780199918393 |
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0199918392 |
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