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Author

Schreier, Benjamin.

Title The power of negative thinking [electronic resource] : cynicism and the history of modern American literature / Benjamin Schreier.

Imprint

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xxiii, 230 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	America and its discontents -- Cynicism and the criticism of competence -- Henry Adams and the failure of usefulness -- Willa Cather's illegible historicism -- The great Gatsby's betrayed Americanism -- Miss Lonelyhearts' insincere theodicy -- Afterword: Invisible literature.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Cynicism in literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780813928128 (cloth : acid-free paper)
	0813928125 (cloth : acid-free paper)
	9780813928203 (electronic bk.)