CRITICAL READINGS: New Voices of History: The Depression Era and Historical Fiction in America.

Autor: Rutkowski, Sara
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Zdroj: Critical Insights: Historical Fiction; 2018, p196-211, 16p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on historical fiction related to Great Depression such as Arna Bontemps's "Black Thunder," William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!" and Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind." It mentions generation of Americans awakened to the reality that the progress they believed to be inevitable was an illusion. It also mentions historical fiction authors have a singular role to play in addressing problems of the past.
Databáze: Complementary Index