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Homelessness in American Literature: Romanticism, Realism and Testimony (Studies in American Popular History and Culture) (Paperback)

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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: 9781138868908
ISBN-10: 1138868906
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: April 1st, 2018
Pages: 204
Language: English
Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture