Self-Help Compulsion - Searching for Advice in Modern Literature

The Self-Help Compulsion reveals the profound entanglement of modern literature and commercial advice from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Beth Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers¿ rebukes of such instrumental purposes.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Self-Help’s Portable Wisdom
2. Bouvard and Pécuchet: Flaubert’s DIY Dystopia
3. Negative Visualization
4. Joyce for Life
5. Modernism Without Tears
6. Practicality Hunger
Coda: The Shadow University of Self-Help
Notes
Index

Info autore

Beth Blum is assistant professor of English at Harvard University.

Riassunto

The Self-Help Compulsion reveals the profound entanglement of modern literature and commercial advice from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Beth Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers’ rebukes of such instrumental purposes.

Testo aggiuntivo

[An] excellent study.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Beth Blum
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780231194921
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19492-1
• Pagine: 344
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general