The Cambridge companion to American literature of the 1930s / edited by William Solomon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Solomon, William, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

United States.

History.

Popular literature--United States--History and criticism.

Popular literature.

Depressions in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

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PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Marxist literary debates in the 1930s / Alan M. Wald

Aesthetics and politics of the Depression era / Matthew Stratton

Architects of history : politics and experimentalism in American writing of the 1930s / Catherine Morley

Radical politics and experimental poetics in the 1930s / Ruth Jennison

"I plan to send you some pictures" : documenting the 1930s in cold blood / Paula Rabinowithz

Songs of social significance : theatre of the Depression era / Ilka Saal

Literature and labor / Laura Hapke

Transgression and redemption in the 1930s / Thomas J. Ferraro

The "race radical" : thrust of ethnic proletarian literature in the 1930s / Chris Vials

African American historical writing in the depression / Nathaniel Mills

Popular fiction in the 1930s / Jennifer Haytock and William Solomon

Performance and politics in the 1930s / William Solomon

Remembering the 1930s in contemporary historical fiction / Caren Irr.

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ISBN:

9781108593892

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