Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

by Dimauro, Laurie; Lazzari, Marie

• ISBN13: 9780810324329
• ISBN10: 0810324326
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xii
American Black Humor Fiction
Introduction	1	(1)
Representative Works	1	(1)
Characteristics of Black Humor	2	(11)
Origins and Development	13	(25)
Black Humor Distinguished from Related Literary Trends	38	(22)
Black Humor and Society	60	(15)
Black Humor Reconsidered	75	(8)
Further Reading	83	(3)
American Proletarian Literature
Introduction	86	(1)
Representative Works	86	(1)
Overviews	87	(8)
American Proletarian Literature and the American Communist Party	95	(16)
Ideology and Literary Merit	111	(6)
Novels	117	(19)
Gastonia	136	(12)
Drama	148	(6)
Journalism	154	(5)
Proletarian Literature in the United States	159	(15)
Further Reading	174	(2)
Art and Literature
Introduction	176	(1)
Overviews	176	(17)
Definitions	193	(26)
Influence of Visual Arts on Literature	219	(12)
Spatial Form in Literature	231	(16)
Further Reading	247	(2)
Crime in Literature
Introduction	249	(1)
Representative Works	249	(1)
Evolution of the Criminal Figure in Literature	250	(11)
Crime and Society	261	(16)
Literary Perspectives on Crime and Punishment	277	(11)
Writings by Criminals	288	(18)
Further Reading	306	(2)
Indian Literature in English
Introduction	308	(1)
Representative Works	308	(1)
Overview	309	(4)
Origins and Major Figures	313	(12)
The Indo-English Novel	325	(30)
Indo-English Poetry	355	(12)
Indo-English Drama	367	(5)
Critical Perspectives on Indo-English Literature	372	(8)
Modern Indo-English Literature	380	(9)
Indo-English Authors on Their Work	389	(15)
Further Reading	404	(5)
Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Author Index	409	(70)
Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Topic Index	479	(6)
TCLC Cumulative Nationality Index	485