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Author:

Köseman, Zennure.

Title:

From The way to wealth to The gospel of wealth : the transformation in the concept of success from Benjamin Franklin to Theodore Dreiser / Zennure Köseman.

Publisher:

Academica Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

x, 191 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.
Success in literature.
Self-reliance in literature.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.
Social change in literature.
Wealth in literature.
Chance in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Social values in literature.
Moral conditions in literature.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The way to success in the late colonial era, early American Republic, and the romantic period ; The meaning of success; Means of achieving success; Self-reliance; Ethical behavior -- The means and meaning of rags to riches during the Reconstruction era. Social and historical developments in American society after the Civil War; Horatio Alger: ragged Dick: or street life in New York; Success redefined; Means of achieving success; Reliance on chance; Marginalization of ethical behavior -- The gospel of success in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era; Success reformulated; Means of achieving success; Reliance on and acceptance by others; Moral demise -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

1936320525 (alk. paper)
9781936320523 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794711277

LCCN:

2012025974

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)