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Author:

Solomon, William.

Title:

Literature, amusement, and technology in the Great Depression / William Solomon.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xii, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Depressions in literature.
Literature and technology--United States--History--20th century.
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
Depressions--1929--United States.
Popular culture in literature.
Amusements in literature.
Technology in literature.
Carnival in literature.
Play in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-265) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: disfigurations -- Disinterring Edward Dahlberg -- Laughter and Depression: Henry Miller and the emergence of the technocarnivalesque -- Intermission: vulgar Marxism -- Fascism and fragmentation in Nathanael West -- Militarism and mutilation in John Dos Passos -- Postface: discharges.

Series:

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture [131]

ISBN:

9780521813433
0521813433

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49942152

LCCN:

2002071571

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)