American Hungers
- 248pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Argues that poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized.
Gavin Jones Livres
Gavin Jones est Professeur d'anglais à l'Université de Stanford, dont les travaux explorent les complexités de la littérature américaine. Ses recherches portent sur des thèmes tels que la politique du dialecte et le problème omniprésent de la pauvreté à travers différentes périodes de l'histoire littéraire américaine. Jones a publié de nombreux articles universitaires qui contribuent à la compréhension des traditions littéraires américaines des XIXe et XXe siècles.
Failure and the American Writer
- 204pages
- 8 heures de lecture
The exploration of nineteenth-century American literature reveals that failure plays a crucial role in shaping the national experience, alongside success. Jones delves into the unconventional literary styles of this era, highlighting how these expressions of failure contribute significantly to the understanding of American identity and culture.
John Steinbeck remains enormously popular yet critics tend to dismiss his work as middlebrow and nostalgic. This study produces a Steinbeck for the twenty- first century, a thinker crucial to our understanding of issues such as climate change, growing social and racial inequality, and the relationship between the US and Latin America.