1st Edition
The Gospel of Wealth in the American Novel (Routledge Revivals) The Rhetoric of Dreiser and Some of His Contemporaries
By Arun Mukherjee
Copyright 1987
242 Pages
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Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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Business and the businessman have had a fundamental place in American society since the inception of the nation. This tenet, the ‘gospel of wealth’, is a central concern in the novels of Theodore Dreiser and his contemporaries. First published in 1987, this study aims to set this group of writers in their historical context and to show how they elaborated the idea of wealth as an object of... Read more
Preface; 1. Introduction 2. Knights and Pilgrims: Businessman’s Self-Images 3. The Business Culture: Dresier’s Exploration of a Myth 4. The Cowperwood Trilogy and The Heroic Myth 5. Dresier’s "Half-Equipped Knights" in Sister Carrie, The "Genius" and An American Tragedy 6. Dresier’s Contemporaries: Some Other Voices 7. Conclusion; Index
Biography
Arun Mukherjee
