TY - BOOK ID - 145051181 TI - The Cambridge companion to American literature of the 1930s PY - 2018 SN - 110869229X 1108587240 1108593895 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - American literature KW - Literature and society KW - Popular literature KW - Depressions in literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145051181 AB - This Companion offers a compelling survey of American literature in the 1930s. These thirteen new essays by accomplished scholars in the field provide re-examinations of crucial trends in the decade: the rise of the proletarian novel; the intersection of radical politics and experimental aesthetics; the documentary turn; the rise of left-wing theatres; popular fictional genres; the impact of Marxist thought on African-American historical writing; the relation of modernist prose to mass entertainment. Placing such issues in their political and economic contexts, this Companion constitutes an excellent introduction to a vital area of critical and scholarly inquiry. This collection also functions as a valuable reference guide to Depression-era cultural practice, furnishing readers with a chronology of important historical events in the decade and crucial publication dates, as well as a wide-ranging bibliography for those interested in reading further into the field. ER -