The Businessman in American Literature

able American American literature appeared artist attempts authors Babbitt become businessman capitalism capitalist century Chapter character cited Confidence-Man corporate corrupt course created culture Cummings depicted described destroy early economic Eliot England established example fact father Feldman fictional finally Flesh force fortune Franchiser Franklin give hand Hank Henry hero individual interests James John kind land Lapham later leader least Linda literature lives machine Marxism moral Moreover nature never novel organized perhaps period poem poet poor problems published Puritan represents rich river Rosewater sense Smith social society Stanley Elkin story success suggests symbol things Tinker tradition turned understand union values wealthy wife woods writers Yankee Peddler York young