American Hungers
- 248 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Argues that poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized.
Gavin Jones Bücher
Gavin Jones ist Professor für Anglistik an der Stanford University, dessen Werk sich mit den Komplexen der amerikanischen Literatur befasst. Seine Forschung untersucht Themen wie die Politik des Dialekts und das allgegenwärtige Problem der Armut in verschiedenen Perioden der amerikanischen Literaturgeschichte. Jones hat zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Artikel veröffentlicht, die zum Verständnis der amerikanischen Literaturtraditionen des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts beitragen.
Failure and the American Writer
- 204 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
The exploration of nineteenth-century American literature reveals that failure plays a crucial role in shaping the national experience, alongside success. Jones delves into the unconventional literary styles of this era, highlighting how these expressions of failure contribute significantly to the understanding of American identity and culture.
John Steinbeck remains enormously popular yet critics tend to dismiss his work as middlebrow and nostalgic. This study produces a Steinbeck for the twenty- first century, a thinker crucial to our understanding of issues such as climate change, growing social and racial inequality, and the relationship between the US and Latin America.