Essays about: "Melvin Seeman"

Found 1 essay containing the words Melvin Seeman.

  1. 1. I'm an Alien in New York : How Capitalism Creates Alienation in Dos Passos’ Manhattan Transfer

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anna Thorén; [2016]
    Keywords : Manhattan Transfer; John Dos Passos; Alienation; Capitalism; Marxism; Modernism; Modernity; Georg Lukács; Heaviness; Ferdinand Tönnies; Community; Society; Melvin Seeman;

    Abstract : This essay investigates how capitalism affects the characters in John Dos Passos’ novel Manhattan Transfer. It argues how capitalism in many instances leads to alienation in various ways. READ MORE