A natural history of pragmatism : the fact of feeling from Jonathan Edwards to Gertrude Stein /
Joan Richardson.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- xviii, 327 p. ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 152 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.
In Jonathan Edwards's room of the idea -- Emerson's moving pictures -- William James's feeling of if -- Henry James's more than rational distortion -- Wallace Stevens's radiant and productive atmosphere -- Gertrude Stein, James's melancthon/a.
American literature--History and criticism. Pragmatism in literature. Natural history in literature. Aesthetics, American. English language--Rhetoric.--United States