John Allen

Homelessness in American Literature (eBook, ePUB)

Romanticism, Realism and Testimony

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the theme of homelessness in American literature from the Civil War through the depression. Drawing on the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Alger, Stephen Crane, Jacob Riis, Jack London, Meridel Le Sueur and many others, it reveals how homelessness has been either romanticized or objectified.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317726289
• Artikelnr.: 56888857

Autorenporträt

John Allen

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: How the Other Half Lives: Representations of Homelessness in
American Literature 1. In my Father's House are Many Mansions: Homelessness
and Domesticity in Uncle Tom's Cabin 2. Street Arabs and the Tramp Menace:
The Function of Homeless Characters in the Work of Horatio Alger 3. The
Other (Half) and How It Lives: Jacob Riis and Stephen Crane's Vision of
Poverty and Homelessness 4. Romance of The Road : Jack London and the
Publication of Tramp Autobiographies in America 5. I did not Write These
Stories: Meridel Le Sueur and American Testimonial Literature Conclusion:
American Testimonial Literature and The Contemporary Discourse of
Homelessness