American Literature in Transition 1930-1940

American Literature in Transition 19301940 gathers together in a single volume preeminent critics and historians to offer an authoritative analytic and theoretically advanced account of the Depression era''s key literary events. Many topics of canonical importance such as protest literature Hollywood fiction the culture industry and populism receive fresh treatment. The book also covers emerging areas of interest such as radio drama bestsellers religious fiction internationalism and middlebrow domestic fiction. Traditionally scholars have treated each one of these issues in isolation. This volume situates all the significant literary developments of the 1930s within a single and capacious vision that discloses their hidden structural relations - their contradictions similarities and reciprocities. This is an excellent resource for undergraduate graduate students and scholars interested in American literary culture of the 1930s.