Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime - Political Theory in Literature

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Amato is assistant professor of political science at Gardner-Webb University. Klappentext This book explores happiness research and liberal theory. It treats four American novelists as political thinkers through close textual analysis of their novels. This book concludes that friendship is the real basis of happiness and that it is an alternative to the individualistic pursuit of happiness. Zusammenfassung This book explores happiness research and liberal theory. It treats four American novelists as political thinkers through close textual analysis of their novels. This book concludes that friendship is the real basis of happiness and that it is an alternative to the individualistic pursuit of happiness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Understanding the Pursuit of Happiness Chapter 2: Tom Wolfe's Status Hungry America Chapter 3: Walker Percy's Search Chapter 4: Edith Wharton's Case for Happiness and Society Chapter 5: Hawthorne's Hope for Friendship and Happiness Chapter 6: Sharing the Pursuit of Happiness

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Elizabeth Amato
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781498554190
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5419-0
• Seiten: 198
• Serien: Politics, Literature, & Film; Politics, Literature, & Film
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Literature: history and criticism