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Homelessness in American literature

Name: Homelessness in American literature
Author: John Allen

John Allen

20 November 2003

Hardback

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Book Synopsis

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.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780415945899
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Routledge, (20 November 2003)
Number of Pages: 204
Weight: 408 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 235 x 152 mm
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Categories:: Fiction novelists and prose writers Poverty and precarity