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The novel and the American left : critical essays on Depression-era fiction / / edited by Janet Galligani Casey



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Titolo: The novel and the American left : critical essays on Depression-era fiction / / edited by Janet Galligani Casey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
Disciplina: 813/.5209358
Soggetto topico: 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
Right and left (Political science) - History - 20th century
Working class writings, American - History and criticism
Right and left (Political science) in literature
Progressivism (United States politics)
Depressions - 1929 - United States
Working class in literature
Progressivism in literature
Depressions in literature
Altri autori: CaseyJanet Galligani  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-210) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction / 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.
Sommario/riassunto: The 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
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ISBN: 1-58729-475-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819317803321
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