Homelessness in American Literature - John Allen

Homelessness in American Literature

By John Allen

  • Release Date: 2018-10-24
  • Genre: History

Description

This book analyzes the theme of homelessness in American literature from the Civil War through the depression. Drawing on the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Alger, Stephen Crane, Jacob Riis, Jack London, Meridel Le Sueur and many others, it reveals how homelessness has been either romanticized or objectified.

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