The Cambridge companion to American literature of the 1930s /
This Companion offers a compelling survey of American literature in the 1930s. These thirteen new essays by accomplished scholars in the field provide reexaminations of crucial trends in the decade, including the rise of the proletarian novel, the intersection of radical politics and experimental ae...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
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2018.
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| Series: | Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Summary: | This Companion offers a compelling survey of American literature in the 1930s. These thirteen new essays by accomplished scholars in the field provide reexaminations of crucial trends in the decade, including the rise of the proletarian novel, the intersection of radical politics and experimental aesthetics, the documentary turn, the rise of left-wing theaters, popular fictional genres, the impact of Marxist thought on African-American historical writing and 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 271 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108429184 1108429181 9781108453226 1108453228 |