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Author:

Johns, J. Adam.

Title:

The assault on progress : technology and time in American literature / J. Adam Johns.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

259 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Technology in literature.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Literature and technology--United States--History--19th century.
Literature and technology--United States--History--20th century.
Time in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-250) and index.

Contents:

The garden in the machine -- Melville, the pyramid, and the machine -- Mumford, Melville, and megatechnics -- Faulkner, dead time, and the southern machine -- Ellison and the technological hero -- conclusion: telos, bios, techne.

ISBN:

0817380523 (electronic)
9780817380526 (electronic)
0817316256 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817316259 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)214323029

LCCN:

2008014005

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)