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Amato, Elizabeth,.
The pursuit of happiness and the American regime : : political theory in literature / / Elizabeth Amato. - Lanham : : Lexington Books,, [2018]. - 1 online resource. - (Politics, literature, and film). - Includes bibliographical references and index. - URL: https://library.dvfu.ru/lib/document/SK_ELIB/918D6A92-7B6B-42BF-93BD-66BE8EAD36BE
. - ISBN 9781498554206 (Electronic). - ISBN 1498554202
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Параллельные издания: Print version: : Amato, Elizabeth, author. Pursuit of happiness and the American regime. - Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]. - ISBN 9781498554190
Содержание:
Understanding the American pursuit of happiness -- Tom Wolfe's status hungry America -- Walker Percy's search -- Edith Wharton's case for happiness and society -- Hawthorne's hope for friendship and happiness -- Sharing the pursuit of happiness.
Рубрики: American fiction--History and criticism.
Politics in literature.
Happiness in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
Happiness in literature.
Politics in literature.
Аннотация: This book explores happiness research and liberal theory. It treats four American novelists as political thinkers through close textual analysis of their novels. This book concludes that friendship is the real basis of happiness and that it is an alternative to the individualistic pursuit of happiness.