Vital contact : downclassing journeys in American literature from Herman Melville to Richard Wright /
Chura, Patrick,1964-
New York ; London : Routledge,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
Vital contact -- Resident gentry in Melville, Hawthorne, Jewett, James and Howells -- Ernest Poole, Max Eastman and the legend of John Reed -- Upton Sinclair's Coal war and dilemmas of class transvestiture -- Spiritual adventures of social workers in Eugene O'Neill, Elia Peattie, and Clara Laughlin -- The genteel radical in the years between Sinclair's Oil! and Boston -- Alternative initiatives of Dos Passos, Steinbeck and Wright.
American literature
Social problems in literature.
Literature and society
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Working class in literature.
Poor in literature.