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The Middle Class in the Great Depression

Popular Women’s Novels of the 1930s

Jennifer Haytock author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:22nd Aug '13

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In contrast to most studies of literature from the Great Depression which focus on representations of poverty, labor, and radicalism, this project analyzes popular representations of middle class life.

'Haytock provides excellent close readings of her primary texts, demonstrating that middlebrow women writers were grappling with the Depression as much as their working-class sisters. The Middle Class in the Great Depression is lively and well structured, with chapters devoted to a wide array of authors and corresponding themes, including the negotiation of 'normalcy,' class, family life, violence, and work.' - Lisa Botshon, Professor of English, University of Maine at Augusta, USA

ISBN: 9781137309167

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 3747g

205 pages