Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working-Class Culture in America

Autori

• Michael Denning

Serie

• La Serie Haymarket

Parametri

• 272 pagine
• 10 ore di lettura

• Storia
• Storia degli Stati Uniti

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Focusing on the intersection of American popular fiction and working-class culture, this study utilizes Marxist literary theory alongside American labor history. It examines the impact of the 19th-century rise in affordable novels among working-class readers, revealing how the "fiction question" evolved into a significant class issue. The analysis highlights the cultural implications of literature's accessibility and its role in shaping class identity and consciousness during this transformative period.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1998

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