Barnard, Rita. <br/><br/>
The Great Depression and the culture of abundance :  Kenneth Fearing, Nathanael West, and mass culture in the 1930s / 
Rita Barnard. 
 - viii, 271 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
 - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;  87 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction: Literature and Mass Culture in the Thirties -- 2. Hard Times, Modern Times -- 3. The Politics of Literary Failure: Fearing, Mass Culture, and the Canon -- 4. The Undercover Agent and the Culture of the Spectacle -- 5. "Zowie Did He Live and Zowie Did He Die": Mass Culture and the Fragmentation of Experience -- 6. "A Surfeit of Shoddy": West and the Spectacle of Culture -- 7. "When You Wish upon a Star": Fantasy, Experience, and Mass Culture -- 8. The Storyteller, the Novelist, and the Advice Columnist -- Epilogue: "Happy Ending." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521450349 9780521450348 9780521102223 0521102227 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94016668  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB9539650  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>BA24680683  JP-ToKJK 008762015  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Fearing, Kenneth, 1902-1961 --Political and social views<br/>West, Nathanael, 1903-1940 --Political and social views
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism--20th century<br/>Popular literature--History and criticism--United States<br/>Literature and society--History--United States--20th century<br/>Popular culture--History--United States--20th century<br/>Collective behavior in literature<br/>Social problems in literature<br/>Depressions in literature<br/>Economics in literature
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS228.P67  / B3763 1995