What America Read : Taste, Class, and the Novel, 1920-1960 /

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Hutner explains that realist novels of the mid-20th-century were frequently lauded when they first appeared. They are almost completely unread now, he contends, largely because they record the middle-class encounter with modern life. This middle-class realism, he shows, reveals a surprising engageme...

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Main Author: Hutner, Gordon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Realism in literature.
Literature and society.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Realisme dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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