The Naturalistic Inner-City Novel in America

The Naturalistic Inner-City Novel in America Encounters With the Fat Man

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Publisher's Synopsis

Giles (English, Northern Illinois U.) surveys the early examples of inner-city naturalism, then examines in detail six 20th- century novels. He finds that the earlier novels by Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, and Jack London mined American ghettos for exotic and sensational characters; but that the later works by Richard Wright, John Rechy, and Joyce

Book information

ISBN: 9781570030468
Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of South Carolina Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.50912
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 204
Weight: 549g
Height: 230mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 27mm