Literature, Amusement, and Technology in the Great Depression (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 131)
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| Management number | 231847424 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $18.97 | Model Number | 231847424 | ||
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This study examines the exchange between literature and recreational practices in 1930s America. William Solomon argues that autobiographical writers like Edward Dahlberg and Henry Miller derived aesthetic inspiration from urban manifestations of the carnival spirit: Coney Island amusement parks, burlesque, vaudeville, and the dime museum display of human oddities. More broadly, he demonstrates that the literary projects of the period pivoted around images of grotesquely disfigured bodies which appeared as part of this recreational culture. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0521120918 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0521120913 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.71 x 9 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Print length | 284 pages |
| Publication date | October 1, 2009 |
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