American passages. [Episode 11], Modernist portraits /

Jazz filled the air and wailed against the night. Caught in the sway, American prose writers sought out the forbidden -- the slang, the dialects, and the rhythms of the folk and of everyday life. Writers such as Hemingway, Stein, and Fitzgerald forged a new style: one which silhouetted the geometry...

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Other Authors:	McCluskey, Ian (Producer), Frazier, Carla Farrell (Producer), Kadderly, Mary (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	District of Columbia : Annenberg Learner, 2003.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Hemingway, Ernest, > 1899-1961. Stein, Gertrude, > 1874-1946. Fitzgerald, F. Scott > (Francis Scott), > 1896-1940. Nineteen twenties. Modernism (Literature) American prose literature. American literature > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States. Literary movements > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States. Années vingt (Vingtième siècle) Modernisme (Littérature) Prose américaine. American literature > Study and teaching (Higher) United States. Educational films. Films éducatifs.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)