The novel and the American left : critical essays on depression-era fiction / edited by Janet Galligani Casey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Casey, Janet Galligani.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Communism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Communism and literature.

Socialism and literature.

History.

United States.

Socialism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Right and left (Political science)--History--20th century.

Right and left (Political science).

Working class writings, American--History and criticism.

Working class writings, American.

Right and left (Political science) in literature.

Progressivism (United States politics).

Depressions--1929--United States.

Depressions.

Working class in literature.

Progressivism in literature.

Depressions in literature.

Physical Description:

xviii, 216 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2004]

Contents:

Introduction / Janet Galligani Casey

Taking tips and losing class / Donna M. Campbell

"My little illegality" / Joy Castro

"Shriveled breasts and dollar signs" / Angela Marie Smith

Monstrous modernism / Joseph Entin

The objectivity of nature in Josephine Herbst's Rope of gold / Caren Irr

Agrarian landscapes, the depression, and women's progressive fiction / Janet Galligani Casey

The avengers of Christie Street / Lee Bernstein

"Smashing cantatas" and "Looking glass pitchers" / Lawrence Hanley

Marching! marching! and the idea of the proletarian novel / Jon-Christian Suggs

Time, transmission, autonomy / David Jenemann and Andrew Knighton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-210) and index.

ISBN:

0877458804

OCLC:

53170193