New York and the literary imagination : the city in twentieth century fiction and drama / Edward Margolies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Margolies, Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

American fiction--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.

American fiction.

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

American literature.

Literature and society--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Intellectual life.

New York (N.Y.)--In literature.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2008]

Summary:

"Part One examines New York from aristocracy (e.g. Henry James and Edith Wharton), immigrants (e.g. Mario Puzo), African Americans (e.g. Ralph Ellison), Jews (e.g. Daniel Fuchs). Part Two studies variations and themes in works of Stephen Crane, Tom Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Theodore Dreiser. Part Three covers New York theatre from Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Mythmakers

1 The Old Guard / Henry James, Edith Wharton, Louis Auchincloss 17

2 Immigrants / Abraham Cahan, Pietro di Donato, Mario Puzo, Oscar Hijuelos 32

3 Black Manhattan / James Weldon Johnson, Nella Larsen, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison 47

4 First Generation or Jews Without Money / Samuel Ornitz, Michael Gold, Henry Roth, Anzia Yezierska, Daniel Fuchs, Delmore Schwartz 63

Part 2 An American Dream with Variations

5 Struggles for Space / Stephen Crane, James Baldwin, Ann Retry, Bernard Malamud 93

6 The Big Picture / William Dean Howells, John Dos Passos, Tom Wolfe, Don DeLillo 113

7 The Magic, the Mystery, the Miseries / Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dawn Powell, E.L. Doctorow, Paule Marshall 124

8 Darker Visions - Death and the City / Theodore Dreiser, Nathanael West, Paula Fox, Saul Bellow, Paul Auster 145

Part 3 A Century of Theater

9 Mirrors of the City / Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Herb Gardner and Others 165

Epilogue: September 11, 2001 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.

ISBN:

9780786430710

0786430710

OCLC:

167518183