TY - BOOK AU - Schoenbach, Lisi TI - Pragmatic modernism T2 - Modernist literature & culture SN - 9780195389845, U1 - E809.9112 SCH PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - James, Henry, KW - Stein, Gertrude, KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - American literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - 19th century KW - Modernism (Aesthetics) KW - Pragmatism KW - Habit (Philosophy) KW - Social change KW - Philosophy N1 - 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 ER -