| Edition |
2d ed., rev. and enl. |
| Description |
xi, 238 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
First ed. published in 1950 under title: The novel of violence in America, 1920-1950. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Two strains of sensibility -- Of time and frustration / John Dos Passos -- Time and the national neurosis / Thomas Wolfe -- The precise content / James T. Farrell -- Mr. Warren's Albatross -- The dangers of ambiguity / Erskine Caldwell -- The utility of wrath / John Steinbeck -- The private vision / William Faulkner -- The river and the hawk / Ernest Hemingway -- The menace of the paperback -- The question of wasted talent / James Agee |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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