Speculative Time: American Literature In An Age Of Crisis
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Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Speculation, Prediction, And The Great Crash Of 1929 -- 2. A Touch Of Disaster: (pre)figuring Crisis In F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, And Nathan Asch -- 3. Like A Flood Or An Earthquake: Literary And Visual Representation At A Moment Of Crisis -- 4. To Will A Future: Economic Fatalism And Performativity In Archibald Macleish's Panic 5. Stock-market Luck Has Become One And The Same Thing As Fate: The Anti-determinism Of Christina Stead's House Of All Nations -- 6. Politics Was Something Like The Numbers Game: Policy, Politics, And Speculation In Claude Mckay, Richard Wright, And Ralph Ellison -- 7. Filigreed Webs Of Dreams And Politics: Necrospeculation And Counter-speculation In Richard Wright's Native Son -- Coda: A Long Shadow -- Endnotes -- Index Paul Crosthwaite. Also Issued In Print: 2024. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.
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THE THESIS
This book investigates how American literature during the Great Depression era conceptualized and represented the volatile nature of financial speculation and economic crisis. Paul Crosthwaite, an academic specializing in the intersection of finance and culture, examines how authors of the 1930s navigated the tension between economic fatalism and the human desire to predict or control an uncertain future. By analyzing a range of literary texts, the author argues that these works serve as critical sites for understanding the cultural anxieties surrounding market instability and the collapse of the American dream.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of literary responses to the 1929 stock market crash.
- Examination of economic fatalism and performativity in 1930s literature.
- Comparative studies of authors including F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison.
- Exploration of the relationship between financial speculation and political discourse.
Scope Limits
- The analysis is primarily restricted to American literature published during the 1930s and the immediate aftermath of the Great Depression.
- The text does not provide a comprehensive history of global economic theory, focusing instead on the cultural and literary manifestations of financial crisis.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars in the field of literary studies recognize this work as a rigorous examination of the intersection between economic history and narrative form. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is well-suited for researchers interested in the cultural history of capitalism and 20th-century American letters.
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191996467
ISBN-13:
9780191996467
20th Century
American fiction
Literary Criticism
American
Economic History
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