Browsing by Subject "American Literature"
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An Allegory of Value: American Literature within Neoliberalism
(2020-09-11)This thesis offers an allegorical reading of contemporary American literature’s critical response to neoliberalism’s reshaping of cultural and social value. Focusing on four literary recipients of the MacArthur Foundation ... -
"How To Be a Man": American Masculinities, 1960-1989
(2020-08-07)The editors of Esquire, America’s longest-running men’s interest magazine, announced the publication’s mission statement in its inaugural issue: “Esquire aims to be the common denominator of masculine interests—to be all ... -
"IN THE MIDST OF BLACK SEAS OF INFINITY": THE UNDOING OF THE AMERICAN DREAM OF H. P. LOVECRAFT
(2019-08-28)In this paper, I attempt to examine the writing of H. P. Lovecraft as a reflection of the anxieties around the notion of the American national identity in his era. Rather than simply a product of cosmic pessimism, I argue ...