William Faulkner, William James, and the American pragmatic tradition:

"In William Faulkner, William James, and the American Pragmatic Tradition, David H. Evans pairs the writings of America's most intellectually challenging modern novelist, William Faulkner, and the ideas of America's most revolutionary modern philosopher, William James. Though Faulkner...

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1. Verfasser: Evans, David Howell 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State Univ. Press 2008
Schriftenreihe:Southern literary studies
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Zusammenfassung:"In William Faulkner, William James, and the American Pragmatic Tradition, David H. Evans pairs the writings of America's most intellectually challenging modern novelist, William Faulkner, and the ideas of America's most revolutionary modern philosopher, William James. Though Faulkner was dubbed an idealist after World War II, Evans demonstrates that Faulkner's writing is deeply connected to the emergence of pragmatism as an intellectual doctrine and cultural force in the early twentieth century." "Tracing pragmatism to its very roots, Evans examines the nineteenth-century confidence man of antebellum literature as the original practitioner of the pragmatic principle that a belief can give rise to its own objects. He casts this figure as the missing link between Faulkner and James, giving him new prominence in the prehistory of pragmatism."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-278) and index
Introduction : his veracity as a liar -- Make believe : the confidence man as protopragmatist -- Truth as "veri-fication" : William James and the transaction of confidence -- Retailing truth : making community in The hamlet -- Making history : pragmatic historiography and Absalom, Absalom! -- A great story : pathfinding and providence in Go down, Moses -- Conclusion : a future for Faulkner
Beschreibung:IX, 289 S.
ISBN:9780807133156
0807133159

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