Vital Contact - Downclassing Journeys in American Literature From Melville to

Informationen zum Autor William E. Cain Klappentext Presenting detailed readings of literary works about downclassing or 'vital contact' from the 1840s to the 1930s! this book measures these fictional representations against the broader historical evolution of American attitudes toward class cooperation. Zusammenfassung Presenting detailed readings of literary works about downclassing or 'vital contact' from the 1840s to the 1930s, this book measures these fictional representations against the broader historical evolution of American attitudes toward class cooperation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Vital Contact; Chapter 2 “Resident Gentry” in Melville, Hawthorne, Jewett, James, and Howells; Chapter 3 Ernest Poole, Max Eastman, and the Legend of John Reed; Chapter 4 Upton Sinclair’s Coal War and Dilemmas of Class Transvestiture; Chapter 5 Spiritual Adventures of Social Workers in Eugene O’Neill, Elia Peattie, and Clara Laughlin; Chapter 6 The Genteel Radical in the “Years Between”: Sinclair’s Oil! and Boston; Chapter 7 “Alternative Initiatives” of Dos Passos, Steinbeck, and Wright;

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patrick Chura, Chura Patrick
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.09.2005
• EAN: 9780415976145
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97614-5
• Pagine: 250
• Serie: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Elettronica, elettrotecnica, telecomunicazioni; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism