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The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism - (New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics) by Walter Benn Michaels (Paperback)
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- The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism discusses ways of creating value in turn-of-the-century American capitalism.
- About the Author: Walter Benn Michaels teaches English at Johns Hopkins University.
- 257 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
- Series Name: New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics
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About the Book
"Michaels has written a book that will be essential reading for all those interested in American fiction and American culture. . . . This is a daring, brash work of the best kind--it will be much discussed."--Philip Fisher, Brandeis University"Like Michel Foucault, Michaels locates the 'political' in the relations between individuals, in consciousness, and in language. His work represents a far more subtle, internalized, and unschematic conception of the convergence of literature and power than we have had in American studies. He is one of the most gifted practitioners of cultural criticism today."--Leo Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Book Synopsis
The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism discusses ways of creating value in turn-of-the-century American capitalism. Focusing on such topics as the alienation of property, the invention of masochism, and the battle over free silver, it examines the participation of cultural forms in these phenomena. It imagines a literary history that must at the same time be social, economic, and legal; and it imagines a literature that, to be understood at all, must be understood both as a producer and a product of market capitalism.From the Back Cover
"Michaels has written a book that will be essential reading for all those interested in American fiction and American culture. . . . This is a daring, brash work of the best kind--it will be much discussed."--Philip Fisher, Brandeis University"Like Michel Foucault, Michaels locates the 'political' in the relations between individuals, in consciousness, and in language. His work represents a far more subtle, internalized, and unschematic conception of the convergence of literature and power than we have had in American studies. He is one of the most gifted practitioners of cultural criticism today."--Leo Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About the Author
Walter Benn Michaels teaches English at Johns Hopkins University.Dimensions (Overall): 8.21 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .64 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 257
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: American
Series Title: New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Walter Benn Michaels
Language: English
Street Date: November 1, 1988
TCIN: 88015262
UPC: 9780520059825
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-3683
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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