American hungers : the problem of poverty in U.S. literature, 1840-1945 /

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Social anxiety about poverty surfaces with startling frequency in American literature. Yet, as Gavin Jones argues, poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite recent interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized. These ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Gavin Roger, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Series:20/21.
Subjects:
1800-1999
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History.
Poverty in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pauvreté dans la littérature.
Classes sociales dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
American literature.
Literature and society.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; INTRODUCTION: The Problem of Poverty in Literary Criticism; ONE: Beggaring Description: Herman Melville and Antebellum Poverty Discourse; TWO: Being Poor in the Progressive Era: Dreiser and Wharton on the Pauper Problem; THREE: The Depression in Black and White: Agee, Wright, and the Aesthetics of Damage; CONCLUSION; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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