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The Wadsworth Themes American Literature Series 19101945 Theme 14 Modernism and the Literary Left Class Money and Power - Wadsworth Themes American Literature 1910-1945 Theme
Author: Jay Parini, Martha J. Cutter

The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course?1492 to the present. Each carefully edited booklet centers on a core issue of the period with attention...  more » given to the development of key themes. Each thematic booklet offers an introductory contextual essay, a variety of literary perspectives, headn otes and footnotes, along with a variety of visual elements. Martha J. Cutter?a scholar of considerable range and achievement who now teaches at the University of Connecticut?edits the sequence of booklets dealing with the modern era, 1910-1945, a period of pivotal importance in American history and culture. The American empire came into its own in this era, recognized its muscles, and began to flex them?in ways productive and (at times) destructive. Cutter charts the struggle between the sexes in a compelling range of texts. The subject of class and its impact on how people viewed themselves is explored in a selection of works that deal with issues of class, money, and power. The so-called New Negro Renaissance occurred during this period, a revival and consolidation of writing in a variety of genres by African Americans. And, as they must, literary selections from both world wars occupy a central place in one thematic booklet.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9781428262560
ISBN-10: 1428262563
Publication Date: 7/11/2008
Pages: 80
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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