Words at Work in Vanity Fair: Language Shifts in Crucial Times, 1914-1930

by Martha Banta

Noted critic Martha Banta draws on essays in Vanity Fair written by esteemed journalists, literary figures, and cultural critics between The Great War and The Crash. These major writers recognized the potency of vocabularies to affect politics, the arts, relations between nations, and social exchange, whether through the audacious invention of new words or the assault on formerly untested terms. Words at Work in Vanity Fair takes a head-on look at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230116973
• ISBN13: 9780230116979
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"