Homelessness in American Literature Homelessness in American Literature
Studies in American Popular History and Culture

Homelessness in American Literature

Romanticism, Realism and Testimony

John Allen
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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2018
24 October
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
204
Pages
PUBLISHER
Taylor & Francis
SIZE
5.6
MB

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