The Cambridge companion to American literature of the 1930s / edited by William Solomon.
"This Companion offers a compelling survey of American literature in the 1930s. These thirteen new essays by accomplished scholars in the field provide re-examinations of crucial trends in the decade: the rise of the proletarian novel; the intersection of radical politics and experimental aesthetics...
Uniform Title: | Cambridge companions to literature.
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA$ :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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Series: | Cambridge companions to literature.
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Physical Description: | xvii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Variant Title: |
American literature of the 1930s |
Format: | Book |
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"This Companion offers a compelling survey of American literature in the 1930s. These thirteen new essays by accomplished scholars in the field provide re-examinations of crucial trends in the decade: the rise of the proletarian novel; the intersection of radical politics and experimental aesthetics; the documentary turn; the rise of left-wing theatres; popular fictional genres; the impact of Marxist thought on African-American historical writing; the relation of modernist prose to mass entertainment. Placing such issues in their political and economic contexts, this Companion constitutes an excellent introduction to a vital area of critical and scholarly inquiry. This collection also functions as a valuable reference guide to Depression-era cultural practice, furnishing readers with a chronology of important historical events in the decade and crucial publication dates, as well as a wide-ranging bibliography for those interested in reading further into the field"-- Provided by the publisher. |
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Call Number: | PS223 .C35 2018 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781108429184 1108429181 9781108453226 1108453228 |