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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Tác giả chính: Magee, Michael, 1971-
Định dạng: eBook
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành:Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004.
Loạt:Modern and contemporary poetics.
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Tóm tắt: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.
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)
Định dạng: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.
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-234) and index.
số ISBN:9780817382049
0817382046
9780817313906
0817313907
9780817350840
0817350845
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