Writers and Miners : Activism and Imagery in America /

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Coal miners evoke admiration and sympathy from the public, and writers -- some seeking a muse, others a cause -- traditionally champion them. David C. Duke explores more than one hundred years of this tradition in literature, poetry, drama, and film. Duke argues that as most writers spoke about rath...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Duke, David C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Mines and mineral resources in literature.
Coal mines and mining in literature.
Coal miners in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Mineurs de charbon dans la litterature.
American literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Coal miners evoke admiration and sympathy from the public, and writers -- some seeking a muse, others a cause -- traditionally champion them. David C. Duke explores more than one hundred years of this tradition in literature, poetry, drama, and film. Duke argues that as most writers spoke about rather than to the mining community, miners became stock characters in an industrial morality play, robbed of individuality or humanity. He discusses activist-writers such as John Reed, Theodore Dreiser, and Denise Giardina, who assisted striking workers, and looks at the writing of miners themselves. H.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780813148212

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