Bonfires of the American Dream in American Rhetoric, Literature and - Fil

In Bonfires of the American Dream, through close cultural studies of classic novels and films - Atlas Shrugged, The Great Gatsby, It's a Wonderful Life, and The Wolf of Wall Street - Daniel Shaviro helps to provide a better understanding of what went wrong culturally in America.

List of contents

CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Winners and Losers in Russell Conwell's Acres of Diamonds Lecture and the John Galt Speech in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; CHAPTER 3 Pessimism for Optimists and Voyeurism for Pessimists in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby; CHAPTER 4 Bailey Versus Belfort: Comparing It's a Wonderful Life and The Wolf of Wall Street; CHAPTER 5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index 125

About the author

Daniel Shaviro, the Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation at NYU Law School, writes mainly about tax policy and inequality. Anthem Press published his well-regarded prior literary study, Literature and Inequality, in 2020.

Summary

In Bonfires of the American Dream, through close cultural studies of classic novels and films – Atlas Shrugged, The Great Gatsby, It’s a Wonderful Life, and The Wolf of Wall Street – Daniel Shaviro helps to provide a better understanding of what went wrong culturally in America.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Shaviro, Shaviro Daniel
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781839983825
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-382-5
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Popular Culture, HISTORY / United States / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Cultural and media studies, pandemic; democratic traditions