The syntax of class

Description:

"The Syntax of Class explores the literary expression of the crisis of social classification that occupied U.S. public discourse in the wake of the European revolutions of 1848. Lacking a native language for expressing class differences, American writers struggled to find social taxonomies able to capture - and manage - increasingly apparent inequalities of wealth and power."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Literature and society,  Social classes in literature,  History and criticism,  Sex role in literature,  Social conflict in literature,  Race in literature,  American fiction,  History,  American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century

Places: United States

Times: 19th century