| Description |
xv, 147 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Literature in context |
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Literature in context (Wiley-Blackwell (Firm))
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book places major literary works within the context of the topics that engaged a great number of American writers in the period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression. Topics include Civil War memory, the virtual re-enslavement of African-Americans after Reconstruction, and radical social movements. The book draws on a range of documents from magazine and newspaper accounts to government reports and important non-fiction and presents a contemporary history as writers might have understood it as they were writing, not as historians have interpreted it."--From publisher website. |
| Contents |
Timeline of texts and historical events -- Introduction -- Civil war memories -- "A serfdom of poverty and restricted rights" : Black Americans after emancipation -- Immigrants -- Countrysides -- The poor and the wealthy -- To change America -- Culminations : from the US entry into World War I to 1929. |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Literature and history -- United States.
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American literature.
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| ISBN |
9781405167802 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781405167819 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1405167815 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1405167807 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781444324143 (ebook) |
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1444324144 (ebook) |
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