Writing Against Reform: Aesthetic Realism in the Progressive Era

by Arielle Zibrak

Book Overview

Throughout the Progressive Era, reform literature became a central feature of the American literary landscape. Works like Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper," and Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives topped bestseller lists and jolted middle-class readers into action.

While realism and social reform have a long-established relationship, prominent writers of the period such as Henry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625347715
• ISBN13: 9781625347718
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"