Screen LibraryThe Cambridge companion to the twentieth-century American novel and politics /
"Surveying the relationship between American politics and the twentieth-century novel, this volume analyzes how political movements, ideas, and events shaped the American novel. It also shows how those political phenomena were shaped in turn by long-form prose fiction"--
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Companions. Literature
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| Summary: |
"Surveying the relationship between American politics and the twentieth-century novel, this volume analyzes how political movements, ideas, and events shaped the American novel. It also shows how those political phenomena were shaped in turn by long-form prose fiction"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 374 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781009015660 1009015664 9781316516485 1316516482 |
| Index Number: | PS374 |
| CLC: | I712.074 |
| Call Number: | I712.074/C178-8 |
| Contents: |
Progressive liberalism / Conservatism / Neoliberalism / Socialism and communism / Feminisms / Sexual liberation movements / Black liberation movements / Crime fiction / Science fiction / Western fiction / Literary realist fiction / Immigrant fiction / Gothic horror fiction / Postmodern metafiction / Herland (1915) : Charlotte Perkins Gilman / It can't happen here (1935) : Sinclair Lewis / All the King's men (1946) : Robert Penn Warren / Invisible man (1952) : Ralph Ellison / The left hand of darkness (1969) : Ursula K. Le Guin / If Beale Street could talk (1974) : James Baldwin / The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) : Edward Abbey / Ceremony (1977) : Leslie Marmon Silko / Parable series (1993, 1998) : Octavia E. butler / The underground railroad (2016) : Colson Whitehead / |