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The novel of violence in America, 1920-1950.

Title
The novel of violence in America, 1920-1950.
Author
Frohock, W. M. (Wilbur Merrill), 1908-
Publication
[Dallas] Southern Methodist University, 1950.

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Additional Authors
Southern Methodist University, publisher.
Description
216 p. ports.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Geschichte 1920-1950
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
  • American fiction
  • Gewalt Motiv
  • Roman
  • USA
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
ch. 1. Two strains of sensibility -- ch. 2. John Dos Passos ... of time and frustration -- ch. 3. Thomas Wolfe ... of time and neurosis -- ch. 4. James Farrell ... the precise content -- ch. 5. James M. Cain ... tabloid tragedy -- ch. 6. William Faulkner ... the private vision -- ch. 7. Erskine Caldwell ... the dangers of ambiguity -- ch. 8. John Steinbeck ... the utility of wrath -- ch. 9. Ernest Hemingway ... the river and the hawk -- ch. 10. Violence and ethics.
LCCN
50008028
OCLC
  • ocm01045364
  • 1045364
  • SCSB-8407566
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library