An edition of Vital contact (2005)

Vital contact

downclassing journeys in American literature from Herman Melville to Richard Wright

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Subjects

American literature, History and criticism, Literature and society, Passing (Identity) in literature, Poor in literature, Social classes in literature, Social problems in literature, Working class in literature, American literature, history and criticism, Problèmes sociaux dans la littérature, Littérature et société, Passing (Identité) dans la littérature, Classes sociales dans la littérature, Travailleurs dans la littérature, Pauvres dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Klassengesellschaft, Sozialer Konflikt, Sozialer Abstieg, Literatur, Arbeiterklasse, Arbeiter

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Page ix
Chapter One. Vital Contact
Page 1
Chapter Two. "Resident Gentry" in Melville, Hawthorne, Jewett, James, and Howells
Page 19
Chapter Three. Ernest Poole, Max Eastman, and the Legend of John Reed
Page 59
Chapter Four. Upton Sinclair's Coal War and Dilemmas of Class Transvestiture
Page 89
Chapter Five. Spiritual Adventures of Social Workers in Eugene O'Neill, Elia Peattie, and Clara Laughlin
Page 117
Chapter Six. The Genteel Radical in the "Years Between": Sinclair's Oil! and Boston
Page 147
Chapter Seven. "Alternative Initiatives" of Dos Passos, Steinbeck, and Wright
Page 177
Notes
Page 203
Bibliography
Page 223
Index
Page 235

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.

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Literary criticism and cultural theory

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810.9/3552
Library of Congress
PS169.S57 C48 2005, PS169.S57C48 2006, PS169.S57 C48 2005eb

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ix, 240 p. ;
Number of pages
240

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OL3408517M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0415976146
LCCN
2005024408
OCLC/WorldCat
862746025, 61448095
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2686652

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