Fantasies of the new class : ideologies of professionalism in post-World War II American fiction / Stephen Schryer.

Author/creator Schryer, Stephen
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Description278 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Social classes in literature.
Professional employees in literature.
Elite (Social sciences) in literature.
Professional employees--United States. --History. --20th century.
Literature and society--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents Introduction: fantasies of the new class -- The republic of letters: the new criticism, Harvard sociology, and the idea of the university -- Life upon the horns of the white man's dilemma: Ralph Ellison, Gunnar Myrdal, and the project of national therapy -- Mary McCarthy's field guide to U.S. intellectuals: tradition and modernization theory in Birds of America -- Saul Bellow's class of explaining creatures: Mr. Sammler's planet and the rise of neoconservatism -- Experts without institutions: New Left professionalism in Marge Piercy and Ursula K. Le Guin -- Don Delillo's academia: revisiting the new class in White noise.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.
LCCN 2010041827
ISBN9780231157568 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231157568 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231157575 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0231157576 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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