Fantasies of the New Class: Ideologies of Professionalism in Post-World War II American Fiction

by Stephen Schryer

Book Overview

America's post-World War II prosperity created a boom in higher education, expanding the number of university-educated readers and making a new literary politics possible. Writers began to direct their work toward the growing professional class, and the American public in turn became more open to literary culture. This relationship imbued fiction with a new social and cultural import, allowing authors to envision themselves as unique cultural educators...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231157576
• ISBN13: 9780231157575
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher