The Cambridge companion to American literature of the 1930s / edited by William Solomon.

• Marxist literary debates in the 1930s / Alan M. Wald -- Aesthetics and politics of the Depression era / Matthew Stratton -- Architects of history : politics and experimentalism in American writing of the 1930s / Catherine Morley -- Radical politics and experimental poetics in the 1930s / Ruth Jennison -- "I plan to send you some pictures" : documenting the 1930s in cold blood / Paula Rabinowithz -- Songs of social significance : theatre of the Depression era / Ilka Saal -- Literature and labor / Laura Hapke -- Transgression and redemption in the 1930s / Thomas J. Ferraro -- The "race radical" : thrust of ethnic proletarian literature in the 1930s / Chris Vials -- African American historical writing in the depression / Nathaniel Mills -- Popular fiction in the 1930s / Jennifer Haytock and William Solomon -- Performance and politics in the 1930s / William Solomon -- Remembering the 1930s in contemporary historical fiction / Caren Irr.

• This Companion offers a compelling survey of American literature in the 1930s. These thirteen new essays by accomplished scholars in the field provide re-examinations of crucial trends in the decade: the rise of the proletarian novel; the intersection of radical politics and experimental aesthetics; the documentary turn; the rise of left-wing theatres; popular fictional genres; the impact of Marxist thought on African-American historical writing; the relation of modernist prose to mass entertainment. Placing such issues in their political and economic contexts, this Companion constitutes an excellent introduction to a vital area of critical and scholarly inquiry. This collection also functions as a valuable reference guide to Depression-era cultural practice, furnishing readers with a chronology of important historical events in the decade and crucial publication dates, as well as a wide-ranging bibliography for those interested in reading further into the field. 

Ämnesord

Depressions in literature.  (LCSH)

American literature  -- 20th century -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Literature and society  -- United States -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Popular literature  -- United States -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Klassifikation

PS223 (LCC)

810.9/0052 (DDC)