Intimate And Authentic Economies: The American Self-Made Man From Douglass To Chaplin (Literary Criticism And Cultural Theory)

The story of the American self-made man carries a perennial interest in American literature and cultural studies. This book expands the study of such stories to include the writings of Frederick Douglass, Horatio Alger and James Weldon Johnson, and the work of silent comedians like Harold Lloyd.

• | Author: Tom Nissley
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 212 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 041586142X
• | ISBN-13: 9780415861427