New Essays on the Education of Henry Adams

Klappentext The introduction and four original scholarly essays in this volume address the established reputation of The Education of Henry Adams as a classic work of American autobiography and canonical work of American literature. Examining The Education in terms of early twentieth-century American attitudes toward education, gender, U.S. foreign policy, and historiography, these essays add considerably to our understanding of The Education as an expression of its time, while helping to explain its continuing importance in ours. Zusammenfassung This volume addresses the established reputation of The Education of Henry Adams as a classic work of American autobiography and canonical work of American literature. It is a remarkably coherent collection that explains in original ways the continuing importance of The Education of Henry Adams as literature and history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction John Carlos Rowe; 2. The education of an American classic: the survival of failure Brook Thomas; 3. Being a Begonia in a man's world Martha Banta; 4. Henry Adams's Education in the age of Imperialism John Carlos Rowe; 5. The Education and the salvation of history Howard Horwitz.

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• Authors: Rowe John Carlos, John Carlos Rowe, John Carlos (University of California Rowe, Rowe John Carlos
• Assisted by: Emory Elliot (Editor), John Carlos Rowe (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.1996
• EAN: 9780521445733
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44573-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: American Novel (Paperback); The American Novel
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form