Book stubs Book stubs Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America is a book written by American philosopher Richard Rorty. In this book, Rorty differentiates between what he sees as the two sides of the Left, a critical Left and a progressive Left. He criticizes the critical Left, which is exemplified by post-structuralists such as Michel Foucault and postmodernists such as Jean-François Lyotard. Although these intellectuals make insightful claims about the ills of society, Rorty holds that they provide no alternatives and even present progress as problematic at times. On the other hand, the progressive Left, exemplified for Rorty by John Dewey, makes progress its priority in its goal of "achieving our country." Rorty sees the progressive Left as acting in the philosophical spirit of pragmatism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achieving Our Country"
Falconer is a 1977 novel by American writer John Cheever. It tells the story of Ezekiel Farragut, a university professor and drug addict who is serving time in Falconer State Prison for the murder of his brother. Farragut struggles to retain his humanity in the prison environment until he begins an affair with a fellow prisoner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Falconer (novel)"
Lord of the Dance (1984) is a novel by Father Andrew Greeley. It is the third in the Passover Trilogy. It is the story of a teenager, Noelle Farrell, who Greeley has said represents a composite of Irish-American teenage women he has met. Noelle is the daughter of Roger, a college professor and candidate for public office with adulterous tendencies, and Irene, once a very promising bright young woman, and still beautiful, but clearly broken by years of a domestic life with a cheating husband. She becomes obsessed with her uncle, Danny Farrell, who has always been a black sheep of sorts in the family. Danny is believed to have died in an airplane crash when he was in the military. Irene's mother, Brigid, is a powerful widow with a lot of dirty secrets. The family is an example of an Irish Catholic family's ascent into the upper middle class, perhaps even the upper class, after a few generations, reflecting a common theme of sociologist Greeley. However, aside from Danny, there have been other mysterious deaths in this family, and Noelle courageously probes this dark side of her ancestry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lord of the Dance (novel)"
Loving is a 1945 novel by British writer Henry Green. The novel tells the story of the servants in an upper-class Irish household during World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Loving (novel)"
Quartet in Autumn is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1977 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was Pym's comeback novel after fifteen years of publishing rejections, following a successful record as a novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s. As a novel, it represents a departure from her earlier excursions into light comedy, being the story of four office workers on the verge of retirement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quartet in Autumn"
Revolutionary Road, the first novel of author Richard Yates, was a finalist for the National Book Award along with Catch-22 and The Moviegoer. When it was published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in 1961, it received critical acclaim, and the New York Times reviewed it as "beautifully crafted... a remarkable and deeply troubling book." ...more on Wikipedia about "Revolutionary Road"
The End of the Road (1955 revised in 1967) is John Barth's second novel. It follows protagonist Jacob Horner as he gets over a psychological case of paralysis. He just can't see a reason to make decisions. After some therapy he gets a job as a grammar teacher at Wicomico State Teachers College. There he meets Joe Morgan who is an extreme existentialist. He has forsaken objective values and hopes only too live coherently. “I've no right to expect you or anybody to accept anything I do or say—but I can always explain what I do or say.” p.43 Jacob Horner ends up sleeping with Morgan's wife Rennie who finds herself taking on the values of the strongest personality around her. This so startles Joe that he implores Rennie to keep sleeping with Jacob. Though she finds this repulsive, she wants to placate Joe by remaining consistent. Though, one could infer that Joe Morgan would prefer her to be strong and make a decision on her own. Jacob's inability to know his own feelings, or, as he prefers, his ability to feel multiple things equally the same, maddens Joe. He wishes both parties to explain why they cheated. ...more on Wikipedia about "The End of the Road"
The Ivory Trail is a novel written by Australian author Victor Kelleher. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Ivory Trail"
The Man Who Loved Children is a 1940 novel by Australian writer Christina Stead. Although the novel was published much earlier, it wasn't until it was reissued in 1965 that the book found widespread critical acclaim and popularity. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Man Who Loved Children"
The Techniques of Democracy is a book written by Herbert Croly, founder of the New Republic. In this book, Croly argues against both dogmatic individualism and dogmatic socialism. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Techniques of Democracy"
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