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Laddar... A Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literatureav Bill Brown
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In May 1906, the Atlantic Monthly commented that Americans live not merely in an age of things, but under the tyranny of them, and that in our relentless effort to sell, purchase, and accumulate things, we do not possess them as much as they possess us. For Bill Brown, the tale of that possession is something stranger than the history of a culture of consumption. It is the story of Americans using things to think about themselves. Brown's captivating new study explores the roots of modern America's fascination with things and the problem that objects posed for American literature at the turn of the century. This was an era when the invention, production, distribution, and consumption of things suddenly came to define a national culture. Brown shows how crucial novels of the time made things not a solution to problems, but problems in their own right. Writers such as Mark Twain, Frank Norris, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Henry James ask why and how we use objects to make meaning, to make or remake ourselves, to organize our anxieties and affections, to sublimate our fears, and to shape our wildest dreams. Offering a remarkably new way to think about materialism, A Sense of Things will be essential reading for anyone interested in American literature and culture. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.409355Literature English (North America) American fiction Later 19th Century 1861-1900Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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At the same time he looks at literary examples (both in the main topics of the chapters and other examples within the chapters themselves) I would not expect, much to his credit and to the coverage of his ideas. It's a very original and engagingly written take. For Twain fans, by the way, the first chapter especially should be a delight (and maybe even an eye-opener).
Of the books I've read so far on this topic, this is by far one of the better written and more comprehensive studies. ( )