A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.
Brown, Bill, 1958-
2003
PS374.M39 B76 2003 (Mapit)
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Title A sense of things : the object matter of American literature / Bill Brown.
Author Brown, Bill, 1958-
ISBN 9780226076294 (paperback)
0226076296 (paperback)
9780226076287 (hardcover)
0226076288 (hardcover)
Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Language English
Description xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number PS374.M39 B76 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 813/.409355
Summary "Brown's new study explores the roots of modern America's fascination with things and the problem that objects posed for American literature at the turn of the century. This was an era when the invention, production, distribution, and consumption of things suddenly came to define a national culture. Brown shows how crucial novels of the time made things not a solution to problems, but problems in their own right. Writers such as Mark Twain, Frank Norris, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Henry James ask why and how we use objects to make meaning, to make or remake ourselves, to organize our anxieties and affections, to sublimate our fears, and to shape our wildest dreams. Offering a remarkably new way to think about materialism. A Sense of Things will be essential reading for anyone interested in American literature and culture."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-235) and index.
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