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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813416703321

Autore

Yerkes Andrew C. <1967-, >

Titolo

"Twentieth-century Americanism" : identity and ideology in Depression-era leftist fiction / / Andrew C. Yerkes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-49131-3

0-415-86721-5

0-203-95927-2

1-135-49124-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Disciplina

813/.5209358

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Communism and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Socialism and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Political fiction, American - History and criticism

Right and left (Political science) in literature

Identity (Psychology) in literature

Depressions in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Revolutionary Symbolism: Depression-Era Leftist Literature; Chapter One. Identity and Ideology in Robert Cantwell's The Land of Plenty ; Chapter Two. Disguised Theology of the Master Wizard: Critical and Scientific Marxism at the 1935 American Writers' Congress ; Chapter Three. ""I was not a character in a novel"": Fictionalizing the Self in Agnes Smedley's Daughter of Earth; Chapter Four. Totality and John Dos Passos's U.S.A.

Chapter Five. Standardized: Stereotypes of the Depression in the Thirties Novels of West and SteinbeckChapter Six. The Artist's Dialectic: Race Authenticity in the Thirties Novels of Richard Wright; Conclusion: The Power of Negative Thinking; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.