Combating Injustice
Autor Jon Falsarella Dawsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 apr 2022
Works such as The Octopus, The Iron Heel, Martin Eden, and In Dubious Battle illuminate many of the central economic issues at play in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including the rise of commodity culture, labor disputes involving industrial and agricultural workers, widespread poverty, extreme inequality, and the concentration of resources and land ownership. Norris, London, and Steinbeck highlighted the dangers of these developments by charting their impact on central characters whose fates result from the predatory tactics of corporate monopolies, wealthy individuals, and large financial establishments. Dawson's lucid analysis shows how all three writers, drawing on contemporary events, accentuated the need for reform and stressed the potential for change by human action. Each author took inspiration from notable events in California, ranging from the Mussel Slough tragedy of 1880 to the agricultural strikes in the Central Valley during the 1930s, presenting the state as a microcosm for conditions throughout the nation during a period of tremendous upheaval. Combating Injustice: The Naturalism of Frank Norris, Jack London, and John Steinbeck provides carefully contextualized readings of three major writers whose works express both the necessity for and the possibility of creating a more egalitarian society.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780807177129
ISBN-10: 0807177121
Pagini: 266
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Louisiana State University Press
ISBN-10: 0807177121
Pagini: 266
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Louisiana State University Press
Notă biografică
Jon Falsarella Dawson is a lecturer in English at the University of North Georgia, where he teaches courses in literature and composition. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he currently resides in Athens, Georgia, with his wife and daughter.