Creating Realities
Business as a Motif in American Fiction, 1865–1929
Business is woven into the very fabric of American life, yet rarely surfaces in the nation's literary history. Even in novels about business, it proves an elusive motif that fails to mirror actual business organizations.
This book argues that literary representations of business remain ineffable because business serves potential aesthetic functions, subtly yet meaningfully impacting readers. Exploring the complex representation of business in realist, naturalist and modernist works, Erhan Simsek reveals these functions by analyzing how the motif intertwines with social developments, literary movements and author biographies. He thus illuminates the motif itself while highlighting the utility of a focus on the changing functions of literature.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Acknowledgments
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Introduction
Seiten 9 - 32 -
1. The Loss of Reality in Late Nineteenth-Century America
Seiten 33 - 46 -
2. Business in American Romance and Realism
Seiten 47 - 90 -
3. The Realist Business in The Rise of Silas Lapham
Seiten 91 - 130 -
4. The Naturalist Business in The Financier
Seiten 131 - 198 -
5. Business in American Modernism
Seiten 199 - 224 -
Conclusion
Seiten 225 - 236 -
Works Cited
Seiten 237 - 256
21 March 2019, 256 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4799-0
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