The Middle Class in the Great Depression [electronic resource] : Popular Women’s Novels of the 1930s /
Haytock, Jennifer.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Popular women's literature, class, and the Great Depression -- History, normalcy, and daily life / Margaret Ayer Barnes and Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Women exploring class / Fannie Hurst, Edna Ferber, and Katharine Brush -- Family life in depressed America / Josephine Johnson and Josephine Lawrence -- Single women, violence, and class / Mary Roberts Rinehart -- Professional women, work, and romance / Gale Wilhelm, Fannie Cook, and Dawn Powell.
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.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature—Philosophy.
Literature—History and criticism.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.
Literary History.