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

Publication Data

• Title Nature, class, and New Deal literature : the country poor in the Great Depression
• Author Stephen Fender
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location London
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 :: Influence
• American literature :: 20th century :: History and criticism
• Rural poor in literature
• Depressions in literature
• National characteristics, American in literature
• Literature and society :: United States :: History :: 20th century
• New Deal, 1933-1939, in motion pictures
• Nature in literature

Nature, class, and New Deal literature : the country poor in the Great Depression by Stephen Fender. ISBN 9780415896788. Published by Routledge in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.