Synopses & Reviews
Unique in its scope of coverage, this reference work provides students and scholars interested in researching modern American leftist and working-class culture with a convenient starting place for examining American leftist and working-class novels of the past century. The book begins with a brief historical survey of the development of this cultural phenomenon. It then offers brief descriptions of selected critical, historical, and theoretical works that are a useful background to the novels. The bulk of the book comprises detailed alphabetically arranged discussions of more than 170 modern American novels of the Left, along with brief considerations of more than 240 other works.
Review
Booker's preface provides an excellent brief historical survey of the development of the American novel of the Left, from the end of the nineteenth century to the present....This guide is a major contribution to American literary history and to an understanding of twentieth-century American culture.ARBA
Synopsis
Extensive discussions of more than 170 works survey the evolution of the modern American novel of the Left and review critical, historical, and theoretical works related to this cultural phenomenon.
About the Author
M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Selected Critical, Historical, and Theoretical Works
Selected British Novels of the Left
Appendix
Works Cited
Index