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

Other author Casey, Janet Galligani.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIowa City : University of Iowa Press,
Descriptionxviii, 216 p. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Communism and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.
Socialism and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.
Politics and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.
Right and left (Political science)--History. --20th century.
Working class writings, American--History and criticism.
Right and left (Political science) in literature.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Depressions--1929. --United States.
Working class in literature.
Progressivism in literature.
Depressions in literature.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-210) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2003066271
ISBN0877458804 (acid-free paper)

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