Wendy Martin Ph.D. - The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: A Historical Exploration of Literature

THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA

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HISTORICAL EXPLORATIONS OF LITERATURE

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Names: Martin, Wendy, 1940- author. | Tichi, Cecelia, 1942 author.

Title: The Gilded Age and Progressive era: a historical exploration of literature / Wendy Martin and Cecelia Tichi.

Description: Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2016. | Series: Historical explorations of literature | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015039446| ISBN 9781610697637 (hardback: acid-free paper) | ISBN 9781610697644 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: American literature19th centuryHistory and criticism. | American literature20th centuryHistory and criticism. | Literature and historyUnited StatesHistory 19th century. | Literature and historyUnited StatesHistory 20th century. | United StatesIntellectual life19th century. | United StatesIntellectual life20th century.

Classification: LCC PS214 .M39 2016 | DDC 810.9/004dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039446

ISBN: 978-1-61069-763-7
EISBN: 978-1-61069-764-4

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The Historical Explorations of Literature series is designed to help students to understand key works of American literature by putting them in the context of history, society, and culture through historical context essays, literary analysis, chronologies, primary source documents, and suggestions for further research. Each volume in the series covers four or five canonical works related to a particular area of American literaturesignificant literary productions of the Jazz Age or the Harlem Renaissance, for example. For each title covered, students will find a brief synopsis of the work; separate essays on the works historical background and the authors biographical background; an essay on Why We Read This Work, summarizing the works enduring value and significance; and a series of thematic Historical Explorations that include a selection of related primary documents.