American Hungers
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Argues that poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized.
Gavin Jones is hoogleraar Engels aan de Stanford University, wiens werk zich verdiept in de complexiteit van de Amerikaanse literatuur. Zijn onderzoek verkent thema's als de politiek van dialect en het alomtegenwoordige probleem van armoede gedurende verschillende perioden van de Amerikaanse literaire geschiedenis. Jones heeft uitgebreid wetenschappelijke artikelen gepubliceerd die bijdragen aan het begrip van de Amerikaanse literaire tradities uit de negentiende en twintigste eeuw.



Argues that poverty has been denied its due as a critical and ideological framework in its own right, despite interest in representations of the lower classes and the marginalized.
The exploration of nineteenth-century American literature reveals that failure plays a crucial role in shaping the national experience, alongside success. Jones delves into the unconventional literary styles of this era, highlighting how these expressions of failure contribute significantly to the understanding of American identity and culture.
John Steinbeck remains enormously popular yet critics tend to dismiss his work as middlebrow and nostalgic. This study produces a Steinbeck for the twenty- first century, a thinker crucial to our understanding of issues such as climate change, growing social and racial inequality, and the relationship between the US and Latin America.