The jazz age : a historical exploration of literature /: a historical exploration of literature. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Linda De Roche.
• Authors: De Roche, Linda
• Contents: Series Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Jazz Age and the Culture of Change, Chronology of the Jazz Age, 1 Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis, 1922), Synopsis of Babbitt, Historical Background: Babbitt and the Perils of Progress and Prosperity, About Sinclair Lewis: The Man Who Defined Babbittry, Why We Read Babbitt, Historical Explorations of Babbitt, Documenting Babbitt, The Religion of Business in the Jazz Age, Document: From "Passing Our Tenth Milestone, " Paul P. Harris, 1915, Document: From The Man Nobody Knows, Bruce Barton, 1925, Conformity in the Jazz Age, Document: From "Knowledge in Contempt in America, Believe Europeans, " H. L. Mencken, 1925, Suggested Readings, 2 The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925), Synopsis of The Great Gatsby, Historical Background: The Great Gatsby and the Culture of Contradiction, About F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Man Who Wrote the Jazz Age, Why We Read The Great Gatsby, Historical Explorations of The Great Gatsby, Documenting The Great Gatsby, The Automobile and the Jazz Age, Document: From "How Many American People Can Afford Automobiles?" 1922, Document: From "Your Car and You, " 1920, Document: From "On Which Side of the Windshield Do You Do Your Cussing?" H. I. Phillips, 1927, Prohibition and Bootleggers, Document: From The Volstead Act, 1920, Document: From "Nation-Wide Prohibition Ends Fight of 112 Years, " 1920, Document: From "Volstead Law Draws Attack of Opponents, " 1925, Document: From "Rich Bootleggers Sent to Prison, " 1923, Celebrity Culture in the Jazz Age, Document: From "The Secret of Charlie Chaplin's Popularity, " St. John Ervine, 1921, Document: From "Chance Writes the Lindbergh Saga, " 1927, Document: From "My Friend Babe Ruth, " 1924, Suggested Readings, 3 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos, 1925), Synopsis of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Historical Background: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the Gender Politics of the Jazz Age, About Anita Loos: A Life in Words and (Motion) Pictures, Why We Read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Historical Explorations of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Documenting Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Flapper, Document: From The Flapper, 1922, Document: From "Flappers Flaunt Fads in Footwear, " The New York Times, 1922, Document: From "The Flapper—A New Type, " Alfredo Panzini, 1921, Document: From "Her Eternal Youth, " New York Times, 1922, Hollywood and the Motion Picture Revolution, Document: From "Youth, the Spirit of the Movies, " David Wark Griffith, 1921, Document: From "Flappers Here to Stay, Says Colleen Moore, " Gladys Hall, 1922, Document: From "The Monstrous Movies, " Charles Hanson Towne, 1921, Document: From "Through Hollywood with Gun and Camera, " Robert E. Sherwood, 1922, Suggested Readings, 4 The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway, 1926), Synopsis of The Sun Also Rises, Historical Background: Hemingway, Paris, and the Modern Moment, About Ernest Hemingway: The Man Who Wrote the Lost Generation, Why We Read The Sun Also Rises, Historical Explorations of The Sun Also Rises, Documenting The Sun Also Rises, The Lost Generation, Document: From Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s, Malcolm Cowley, 1934, Document: From "American Bohemians in Paris, " Ernest Hemingway, 1922, Document: From Being Geniuses Together 1920–1930, Robert McAlmon and Rev. Kay Boyle, 1968, Document: From Paris Was Yesterday. 1925–1939, Janet Flanner, 1972, The Art of the Bullfight, Document: From Being Geniuses Together 1920–1930, Robert McAlmon and Rev. Kay Boyle, 1968, Document: From "Bull Fighting a Tragedy, " Ernest Hemingway, 1923, Document: From "Pamplona in July, " Ernest Hemingway, 1923, Race, Ethnicity, and the Ku Klux Klan, Document: From "For Christian-Jewish Friendship HP, " The Literary Digest, 1922, Document: From "New York and the Real Jew, " Rollin Lynde Hartt, 1921, Document: From "The Klan Walks in Washington, " The Literary Digest, 1925, Document: From "Klan and Church, " Lowell Mellett, 1923, Document: From "A Judicial Spanking for the Klan, " Literary Digest, 1928, Suggested Readings, 5 Passing (Nella Larsen, 1929), Synopsis of Passing, Historical Background: Passing and the Harlem Renaissance, About Nella Larsen: A Life on the Color Line, Why We Read Passing, Historical Explorations of Passing, Documenting Passing, The Harlem Renaissance, Document: From The Big Sea, Langston Hughes, 1940, Document: From Negro Life in New York's Harlem, Wallace Thurman, 1928, Document: From " 'Charleston' Dance Sweeps New York City by Storm; Louis Chalif Is Forced to Instruct in Dance That Is Distasteful, " Maxine Davis, 1925, The African American Elite, Document: From "The Talented Tenth, " W. E. B. Du Bois, 1903, Document: From "The Task of Negro Womanhood, " Elise Johnson McDougald, 1925, Race and the Eugenics Movement in the Jazz Age, Document: From "Eugenics Seeks to Improve the Natural, Physical, Mental and Temperamental Qualities of the Human Family, " Eugenics Record Office, 1927, Document: From "Fitter Families for Future Firesides, " 1924, Document: From "Body of Woman Shown to Jury, " The Florence [AL] Times, 1925, Suggested Readings, Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Greenwood
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 810.90052; History -- Modern -- General; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Nineteen twenties; Jazz in literature; Modernism (Aesthetics) -- United States; Literary studies: from c 1900
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216106289
• Related ISBNs: 9781610696678
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