The American dream /
The American dream / [print]
edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom ; volume editor, Blake Hobby.
- New York, New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, (c)2009.
- xvi, 235 pages ; 25 cm.
- Bloom's literary themes .
- Bloom's literary themes. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain). "Huckleberry Finn and the Problem of Freedom" by Sanford Pinsker in: Virginia Quarterly Review (2001) -- The American Dream (Edward Albee). "Albee's The American Dream and the Existential Vacuum" by Nicholas Canaday, Jr. in: South Central Bulletin (1966) -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin). "Franklin's Autobiography and the American Dream" by J.A. Leo Lemay in: the Renaissance Man in the Eighteenth Century (1978) -- "Children's Rhymes" (Langston Hughes). "The American dream and the Legacy of Revolution in the Poetry of Langston Hughes" by Lloyd W. Brown in: Studies in Black Literature (1976) -- Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller). "Arthur Miller's, Death of a Salesman" by Merrit Moseley -- The Gift Outright" (Robert Frost). "The Dream of Possession: Frost's Paradoxical Gift" by Jeffrey Gray -- The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald). "The Great Gatsby: The Tragedy of the American Dream on Long Island's Gold Coast" by Tanfer Emin Tunc -- The House on Mango street (Sandra Cisneros). "In Search of Identity in Cisneros' The House on Mango Street" by Maria Elena de Valdes in: The Canadian Review of American Studies (1992) -- The Jungle (Upton Sinclair). "Upton Sinclair" by Jon A. Yoder (1975) -- Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman). "Preface to Leaves of Grass (1855)" by Walt Whitman -- Love. Medicine (Louise Erdrich) "Love Medicine and the American dream" by Margaret J. Downes -- Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck). "Of Mice and Men" by Peter Lisca in: The Wide World of John Steinbeck (1958) -- My Antonia (Willa Cather) "My Antonia and the American dream" by James E. Miller, Jr. in: Prairie Schooner (1974) -- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass). "Frederick Douglass" by Harriet Beecher Stowe in: The Lives and Deeds of our Self-Made Men (1872) -- On the Road (Jack Kerouac) "Alternative Routes along the Road: Kerouac and the Multifaceted American Dream" by Jeff Williams -- A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry). "Discrimination and the American Dream in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun" by Babacar M'Baye -- Self-reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson). "Emerson as an American" Julian Hawthorne in: The Genius and Character of Emerson (1885) -- Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison) "Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and the American Dream" by Aimable Twagilimana -- Walden (Henry David Thoreau). Thoreau's Walden and the American dream: challenge or myth?" by Michaela Keck.
Discusses the role of the theme of the American dream in great works of literature such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Death of a Salesman, The Great Gatsby, and many others.
9780791098011
2008042987
American literature--History and criticism.
American Dream in literature.
PS169.H682.A447 2009 PS169
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain). "Huckleberry Finn and the Problem of Freedom" by Sanford Pinsker in: Virginia Quarterly Review (2001) -- The American Dream (Edward Albee). "Albee's The American Dream and the Existential Vacuum" by Nicholas Canaday, Jr. in: South Central Bulletin (1966) -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin). "Franklin's Autobiography and the American Dream" by J.A. Leo Lemay in: the Renaissance Man in the Eighteenth Century (1978) -- "Children's Rhymes" (Langston Hughes). "The American dream and the Legacy of Revolution in the Poetry of Langston Hughes" by Lloyd W. Brown in: Studies in Black Literature (1976) -- Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller). "Arthur Miller's, Death of a Salesman" by Merrit Moseley -- The Gift Outright" (Robert Frost). "The Dream of Possession: Frost's Paradoxical Gift" by Jeffrey Gray -- The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald). "The Great Gatsby: The Tragedy of the American Dream on Long Island's Gold Coast" by Tanfer Emin Tunc -- The House on Mango street (Sandra Cisneros). "In Search of Identity in Cisneros' The House on Mango Street" by Maria Elena de Valdes in: The Canadian Review of American Studies (1992) -- The Jungle (Upton Sinclair). "Upton Sinclair" by Jon A. Yoder (1975) -- Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman). "Preface to Leaves of Grass (1855)" by Walt Whitman -- Love. Medicine (Louise Erdrich) "Love Medicine and the American dream" by Margaret J. Downes -- Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck). "Of Mice and Men" by Peter Lisca in: The Wide World of John Steinbeck (1958) -- My Antonia (Willa Cather) "My Antonia and the American dream" by James E. Miller, Jr. in: Prairie Schooner (1974) -- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass). "Frederick Douglass" by Harriet Beecher Stowe in: The Lives and Deeds of our Self-Made Men (1872) -- On the Road (Jack Kerouac) "Alternative Routes along the Road: Kerouac and the Multifaceted American Dream" by Jeff Williams -- A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry). "Discrimination and the American Dream in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun" by Babacar M'Baye -- Self-reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson). "Emerson as an American" Julian Hawthorne in: The Genius and Character of Emerson (1885) -- Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison) "Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and the American Dream" by Aimable Twagilimana -- Walden (Henry David Thoreau). Thoreau's Walden and the American dream: challenge or myth?" by Michaela Keck.
Discusses the role of the theme of the American dream in great works of literature such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Death of a Salesman, The Great Gatsby, and many others.
9780791098011
2008042987
American literature--History and criticism.
American Dream in literature.
PS169.H682.A447 2009 PS169