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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827581803321

Autore

McParland Robert

Titolo

Beyond Gatsby : how Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and writers of the 1920s shaped American culture / / Robert McParland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4708-8

1-4422-4709-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Contemporary American Literature

Disciplina

813/.5209

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Beyond the Wasteland; 2 Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald; 3 William Faulkner; 4 Modernism and Popular Culture in the Age of Ezra Pound and James Joyce; 5 Midwestern Vision and Values; 6 Sounds of the City; 7 History and Mythmakers; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The 1920s offered a veritable explosion of distinctively American fiction for the first time, from many of the nation's most widely heralded writers, including Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, John Dos Passos, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, and others. Imagining the American Community demonstrates how the presence of the novels by these authors contributed to shaping the national imagination. The source material ranges from the minutes of reading circles and critical comment in periodicals to the archives of writers' works and the diaries, journals, and letters of common readers.