Levin, Jonathan.

The Poetics of Transition : Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - New Americanists Series . - New Americanists Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Life, Transition, and the Energizing Spirit -- Chapter One: Divine Overflowings: Emerson's Pragmatic Idealism -- Chapter Two: William James and the Metaphorics of Transition -- Chapter Three: The Aesthetics of Pragmatism -- Chapter Four: Santayana, Dewey, and the Politics of Transition -- Chapter Five: Henry James and the Drama of Transition -- Chapter Six: Gertrude Stein and the Movement of Words -- Chapter Seven: Wallace Stevens and the Pragmatist Imagination -- Notes -- Index.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo,-1803-1882-Philosophy.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,-1803-1882-Influence.
American literature-20th century-History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)-United States.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Pragmatism in literature.


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