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Pragmatic modernism / Lisi Schoenbach.

By: Schoenbach, Lisi.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Modernist literature & culture.Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: xv, 197p. ; 25cm.ISBN: 9780195389845,.Subject(s): James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Philosophy | Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Philosophy | Modernism (Literature) | American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Modernism (Aesthetics) | Pragmatism | Habit (Philosophy) | Social change -- PhilosophyDDC classification: E809.9112 SCH
Contents:
Modernist habit -- 'Peaceful and exciting' : habit, shock, and Gertrude Stein's pragmatic modernism -- Interlude : Jamesian institutions -- Prediction theories : 'The path of the law', The wings of the dove, and the engagement with temporality -- A Jamesian state : The American scene and 'the working of Democratic institutions' -- Proustian habit and pragmatic modernism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Modernist habit -- 'Peaceful and exciting' : habit, shock, and Gertrude Stein's pragmatic modernism -- Interlude : Jamesian institutions -- Prediction theories : 'The path of the law', The wings of the dove, and the engagement with temporality -- A Jamesian state : The American scene and 'the working of Democratic institutions' -- Proustian habit and pragmatic modernism.