Literature of America: The Novel of the 20th Century

Examines the character of the American novel prior to the twentieth century and the thematic trend of serious literature during the first half of the century. Discusses the works of Henry James, Upton Sinclair, Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe, J. D. Salinger, and Truman Capote. Analyzes these works in terms of literary realism and social comment.

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