| The Cambridge Companion to American Literature of the 1930s Contributor(s): Solomon, William (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108453228 ISBN-13: 9781108453226 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $32.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.900 |
| LCCN: 2018012046 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.44" W x 8.99" (1.08 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Solomon, William: - William Solomon is a professor of English at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He is the author of Literature, Amusement, and Technology in the Great Depression (Cambridge, 2002) and Slapstick Modernism: Chaplin to Kerouac to Iggy Pop (2016). He has published numerous articles on the intersection of politics, American literature, popular culture, and film. These include 'Politics and Rhetoric in the Novel in the 1930s' (American Literature, 1996); 'Wound Culture and James Agee' (Arizona Quarterly, 2002); 'The Rhetoric of the Freak Show in Eudora Welty's A Curtain of Green' (Mississippi Quarterly, 2015). |