The Automobile as an Epistemological Question in John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra

Authors :: Juarez, Luigi A.
Source :: Papers on Language & Literature. Spring, 2020, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p140, 27 p.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: With Appointment in Samarra (1934), John O'Hara positions himself as the authority on all things automotive in American literature. Drawing on George J. Becker's 'creed' for the realist novel, O'Hara [...]

Subjects :: Appointment in Samarra (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation
Social mobility -- Analysis -- Portrayals -- Social aspects
Novelists -- Criticism and interpretation -- Analysis -- Social aspects
Automobiles -- Social aspects -- Portrayals -- Analysis
Epistemology -- Social aspects -- Analysis
Languages and linguistics
Literature/writing

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