Emancipating pragmatism : Emerson, jazz, and experimental writing /
A daring and innovative study that rewrites the story of American pragmatism. Emancipating Pragmatism is a radical rereading of Emerson that posits African- American culture, literature, and jazz as the very continuation and embodiment of pragmatic thought and democratic tradition. It traces Emerson...
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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التنسيق: | كتاب الكتروني |
اللغة: | English |
منشور في: | Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004. |
سلاسل: | Modern and contemporary poetics.
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الملخص: | A daring and innovative study that rewrites the story of American pragmatism. Emancipating Pragmatism is a radical rereading of Emerson that posits African- American culture, literature, and jazz as the very continuation and embodiment of pragmatic thought and democratic tradition. It traces Emerson's philosophical legacy through the 19th and 20th centuries to discover how Emersonian thought continues to inform issues of race, aesthetics, and poetic discourse. Emerson's pragmatism derives from his abolitionism, Michael Magee argues, and any pragmatic thought that aspires toward democracy canno. |
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وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) |
التنسيق: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-234) and index. |
ردمك: | 9780817382049 0817382046 9780817313906 0817313907 9780817350840 0817350845 |
وصول: | Access limited to authorized users. |