- Additional Authors
- Solomon, William
- Description
- xvii, 271 pages; 24 cm.
- 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"--Provided by the publisher.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge companions to literature
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge companions to literature.
- Alternative Title
- American literature of the 1930s
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1848
- ISBN
- 9781108429184
- 1108429181
- 9781108453226
- 1108453228
- LCCN
- 2018012046
- OCLC
- 1035290907
- Title
The Cambridge companion to American literature of the 1930s / edited by William Solomon.
- Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
©2018
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Cambridge companions to literature
Cambridge companions to literature.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
1900-1999
- Added Author
Solomon, William, editor.
- Research Call Number
JFE 19-1848