The Vast and Terrible Drama: American Literary Naturalism in the Late Nineteenth Century

by Eric Carl Link

A broad treatment of the cultural, social, political, and literary under-pinnings of an entire period and movement in American letters.

The Vast and Terrible Drama is a critical study of the context in which authors such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, and Jack London created their most significant work. In 1896 Frank Norris wrote: "Terrible things must happen to the characters of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817313850
• ISBN13: 9780817313852
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"