Intimate and Authentic Economies - The American Self-Made Man from Douglass to Chaplin - Paperback - 2014

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.
Year of publication: 2014
Pagination: 216 pages
Format: Paperback
Serie: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory