The Middle Class in the Great Depression: Popular Women's Novels of the 1930s (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century)
Jennifer Haytock
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Description for The Middle Class in the Great Depression: Popular Women's Novels of the 1930s (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century)
Hardcover. In contrast to most studies of literature from the Great Depression which focus on representations of poverty, labor, and radicalism, this project analyzes popular representations of middle class life. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
In contrast to most studies of literature from the Great Depression which focus on representations of poverty, labor, and radicalism, this project analyzes popular representations of middle class life.
In contrast to most studies of literature from the Great Depression which focus on representations of poverty, labor, and radicalism, this project analyzes popular representations of middle class life.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Number of Pages
205
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137309167
SKU
V9781137309167
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99-15
About Jennifer Haytock
Jennifer Haytock is Professor and Chair in the English Department at The College at Brockport, SUNY, USA, where she teaches twentieth-century American literature. She has published At Home, At War: Domesticity and World War I in American Literature and Edith Wharton and the Conversations of Literary Modernism, as well as articles on Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, and more.
Reviews for The Middle Class in the Great Depression: Popular Women's Novels of the 1930s (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century)
'Haytock provides excellent close readings of her primary texts, demonstrating that middlebrow women writers were grappling with the Depression as much as their working-class sisters. The Middle Class in the Great Depression is lively and well structured, with chapters devoted to a wide array of authors and corresponding themes, including the negotiation of 'normalcy,' class, family life, violence, and work.' ... Read more