Incremental realism postwar American fiction, happiness, and welfare-state liberalism / Mary Esteve.
| Author/creator | Esteve, Mary |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Post*45 Post 45. ^A1302907 |
| Contents | Introduction : the symbolic economy of postwar American happiness -- The art, sociology, and library politics of happiness in early Philip Roth -- Gwendolyn Brooks and the welfare state -- Queer consumerism, straight happiness : Patricia Highsmith's "Right economy" -- Countries of health -- Writing mute liberalism : Peter Taylor, the South, and journeyman happiness -- Coda : the politics of contemporary happiness. |
| Abstract | "This book offers a revisionist literary and cultural history of the postwar era to document how writers of realist fiction worked to advance the crucial value of public institutions and ongoing pursuits of socioeconomic justice within the symbolic economy of welfare-state liberalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Esteve, Mary. Incremental realism Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. 9781503613942 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020021119 |
| ISBN | 9781503614383 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |