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ENGL 657

Studies in American Literature

3 credits · Graduate

Winter 2021 · Writing the American Economy: Postwar to the Present

Topics

  • Postwar American fiction
  • Neoliberalism
  • Consumerism and globalization
  • Money and speculation
  • Corporate personhood

Readings

  • Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt.
    Listed reading
  • Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping.
    Listed reading
  • Richard Powers, Gain.
    Listed reading
  • Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis.
    Listed reading
  • Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice.
    Listed reading
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