American Hungers

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"Social anxiety about poverty surfaces with startling frequency in American literature. Yet, as Gavin Jones argues, poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite recent interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized. These insights lay the groundwork for American Hungers, in which Jones uncovers a complex and controversial discourse on the poor that stretches from the antebellum era through the Depression."--Jacket.

subjects: American literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  American literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  Social classes in literature,  Literature and society,  American literature,  History and criticism,  Poverty in literature,  History,  American literature, history and criticism