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Author:

Haytock, Jennifer Anne.

Title:

The middle class in the Great Depression : popular women's novels of the 1930s / Jennifer Haytock.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

205 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Middle class in literature.
Depressions in literature.
Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-198) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Popular women's literature, class, and the Great Depression -- History, normalcy, and daily life : Margaret Ayer Barnes and Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Women exploring class : Fannie Hurst, Edna Ferber, and Katharine Brush -- Family life in depressed America : Josephine Johnson and Josephine Lawrence -- Single women, violence, and class : Mary Roberts Rinehart -- Professional women, work, and romance : Gale Wilhelm, Fannie Cook, and Dawn Powell.

Series:

American literature readings in the 21st century

ISBN:

9781137347206 (electronic bk.)
1137347201 (electronic bk.)
1137309164 (alk. paper)
9781137309167 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2013003367

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)