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Nature, class, and New Deal literature the country poor in the Great Depression /

Fender, Stephen.

Nature, class, and New Deal literature the country poor in the Great Depression / [electronic resource] : Stephen Fender. - New York : Routledge, 2012. - viii, 231 p. : ill. - Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 17 . - Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 17. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index.

Introduction: Pessimistic progressives -- Nature and apocalypse: Okies and the New Deal in California -- A tale of two camps -- Matter out of place -- Who stole the folk's music? -- The WPA and the Southern country poor: life histories or case studies? -- The Southern life histories: the class factor -- The Dust Bowl on film -- Nature and naturalism in Steinbeck's labor fiction -- Conclusion: Erosion and retrieval: poor white identity and the limits of literature.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Influence.


American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Rural poor in literature.
Depressions in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and society--History--United States--20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939, in motion pictures.
Nature in literature.


Electronic books.

PS173.R87 / F46 2012

810.9/0052

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