LEADER 04124nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910819317803321 005 20240516112432.0 010 $a1-58729-475-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000459791 035 $a(EBL)843174 035 $a(OCoLC)66403617 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11201656 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10139764 035 $a(PQKB)10481875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843174 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2983 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354488 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000459791 100 $a20030924d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe novel and the American left $ecritical essays on Depression-era fiction /$fedited by Janet Galligani Casey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-880-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-210) and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Janet Galligani Casey -- Taking tips and losing class / Donna M. Campbell -- My little illegality / Joy Castro -- Shriveled breasts and dollar signs / Angela Marie Smith -- Monstrous modernism / Joseph Entin -- The objectivity of nature in Josephine Herbst's Rope of gold / Caren Irr -- Agrarian landscapes, the Depression, and women's progressive fiction / Janet Galligani Casey -- The avengers of Christie Street / Lee Bernstein -- "Smashing cantatas" and "Looking glass pitchers" / Lawrence Hanley -- Marching! marching! and the idea of the proletarian novel / Jon-Christian Suggs -- Time, transmission, autonomy / David Jenemann and Andrew Knighton. 330 $aThe first collection of critical essays to focus specifically on the fiction produced by American novelists of the Depression era, The Novel and the American Left contributes substantially to the newly emerging emphasis on twentieth-century American literary radicalism. Recent studies have recovered this body of work and redefined in historical and theoretical terms its vibrant contribution to American letters. Casey consolidates and expands this field of study by providing a more specific consideration of individual novels and novelists, many of which are reaching new contemporary audiences t 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCommunism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocialism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRight and left (Political science)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorking class writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRight and left (Political science) in literature 606 $aProgressivism (United States politics) 606 $aDepressions$y1929$zUnited States 606 $aWorking class in literature 606 $aProgressivism in literature 606 $aDepressions in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCommunism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aSocialism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aRight and left (Political science)$xHistory 615 0$aWorking class writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRight and left (Political science) in literature. 615 0$aProgressivism (United States politics) 615 0$aDepressions 615 0$aWorking class in literature. 615 0$aProgressivism in literature. 615 0$aDepressions in literature. 676 $a813/.5209358 701 $aCasey$b Janet Galligani$0592501 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819317803321 996 $aThe novel and the American left$94083724 997 $aUNINA