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University of Alabama Press
Language
English
Pages
259

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Subjects
Literature and technology, History and criticism, American literature, History, Time in literature, Technology in literature, Technik (Motiv), Fortschritt (Motiv), Technischer Fortschritt (Motiv), Roman, Teknik i litteraturen, Tid i litteraturen, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
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United States
Times
20th century, 19th century

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The assault on progress: technology and time in American literature
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Table of Contents

The garden in the machine
Melville, the pyramid, and the machine
Mumford, Melville, and megatechnics
Faulkner, dead time, and the southern machine
Ellison and the technological hero
conclusion: telos, bios, techne.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Tuscaloosa

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
810.9/356
Library of Congress
PS217.T43 J64 2008, PS217.T43J64 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
259

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OL16728873M
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assaultonprogres0000john
ISBN 13
9780817316259, 9780817380526
LCCN
2008014005
OCLC/WorldCat
214323029
Goodreads
7175036

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