| Sublime Enjoyment: On the Perverse Motive in American Literature Contributor(s): Foster, Dennis A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521108187 ISBN-13: 9780521108188 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: An examination of 'perverse' desires in American literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Linking classic American literature to contemporary popular culture, Sublime Enjoyment argues that the rational systems of normal social life are motivated and sustained by perverse desires. This perversity arises from the failure of symbolic satisfaction--love, work, success--to make us happy, and from our refusal to accept that failure. Examining the ways in which this inadvertence is represented in American literature and culture, Dennis Foster identifies ways that longings are linked to social forces. |