American tantalus : horizons, happiness, and the impossible pursuits of US literature and culture /

Warnes, Andrew, 1974-

American tantalus : horizons, happiness, and the impossible pursuits of US literature and culture / Andrew Warnes. - First edition. - 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781623568108 (e-book)


American literature--History and criticism.
Desire in literature.
Teasing in literature.
Searching behavior in literature.
Material culture in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.


Electronic books.

PS374.D38 / .W37 2014

810.9/353