New York and the Literary Imagination
Subtitle: The City in Twentieth Century Fiction and Drama
Publisher: McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: November 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780786430710
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; New York - Local History; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; USA; General; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History / United States; 20th century; American fiction; American literature; History; History and criticism; Literature and society; New York; New York (State)
Description: "Part One examines New York from aristocracy (e.g. Henry James and Edith Wharton), immigrants (e.g. Mario Puzo), African Americans (e.g. Ralph Ellison), Jews (e.g. Daniel Fuchs). Part Two studies variations and themes in works of Stephen Crane, Tom Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Theodore Dreiser. Part Three covers New York theatre from Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller"--Provided by publisher.