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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Gandal (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English, Mount Saint Mary's College)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780195110630ISBN 10: 0195110633 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 19 February 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn excellent book that should be welcomed by anyone interested in modern American thought. --Choice<br> An important, provocative new perspective on the conjunction of social and literary history, one which will force a major rethinking of the place of realism in the making of modern American culture. --Eric Sundquist, Northwestern University<br> Gandal has made an original, compelling case for rereading Riis and Crane as exemplars of a new style of reading, writing, and knowing the slum and the spectator's relation to it. --American Literature<br> <br> An excellent book that should be welcomed by anyone interested in modern American thought. --Choice<p><br> An important, provocative new perspective on the conjunction of social and literary history, one which will force a major rethinking of the place of realism in the making of modern American culture. --Eric Sundquist, Northwestern University<p><br> Gandal has made an original, compelling case for rereading Riis and Crane as exemplars of a new style of reading, writing, and knowing the slum and the spectator's relation to it. --American Literature<p><br> Gandal engages with a range of historical, ethical and sociological arguments in a text which undoubtedly will become the basis for more investigations into this area and period in US history./Philip McGowan/The Constituent Associations of the EAAS What is offered is not a facile debunking of Riis and Crane's work - far from it - but rather a generally incisive social analysis charting a shift of American ethics and aesthetics ... engaging, coherent critique. * Will Kaufman, American Studies 33:2 1999 * An excellent book that should be welcomed by anyone interested in modern American thought. --Choice An important, provocative new perspective on the conjunction of social and literary history, one which will force a major rethinking of the place of realism in the making of modern American culture. --Eric Sundquist, Northwestern University Gandal has made an original, compelling case for rereading Riis and Crane as exemplars of a new style of reading, writing, and knowing the slum and the spectator's relation to it. --American Literature Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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