| Description |
x, 307 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliographical note": page 295. |
| Contents |
Perspective -- America catches step -- Realism and the public taste: 1900-1921 -- Theodore Dreiser -- Willa Cather and the shifting moods -- The "young generation" -- Post-war reassertions -- Newer arrivals -- Sinclair Lewis -- The critical spirit -- Exploiting the negro -- Sherwood Anderson -- Eroticism and the psychological novel -- James Branch Cabell -- Facing two worlds: Joseph Hergesheimer -- Fantasy as a way of escape -- The war generation -- Ultimate extensions -- Poetic versus hard-boiled realsim -- The proletarian novel -- Towards a new romance -- Great expectations |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Novelists, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Romanciers américains. |
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Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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