{"product_id":"dos-passos-linda-w-wagner-9780292741966","title":"DOS Passos: Artist as American","description":"\u003cp\u003e In most of his half century of writing, John Dos Passos consistently tried to capture and define the American character. The complete range of his work builds to Dos Passos' concept of \"contemporary chronicle,\" his own name for his fiction. In this first study of all Dos Passos' writing, Linda W. Wagner examines his fiction, poetry, drama, travel essays, and history--a body of work that evokes a vivid image of America meant to be neither judgmental nor moralistic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From \u003ci\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eU. S. A.\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eDistrict of Columbia\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Thirteenth Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMid-century\u003c\/i\u003e, Wagner illuminates Dos Passos' work with fresh readings and new interpretations. She makes extensive use of unpublished manuscript material so that this is a casebook of Dos Passos' interest in craft and method as well as a thematic study. In addition, this volume chronicles the years during which Dos Passos wrote--the immediate post-World War I period through the twenties and thirties and well into the fifties. This is an important book both in literary criticism and in American social history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda W. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292741960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292741966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Linda W. Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453301862655,"sku":"9780292741966","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20afe500-f011-4bad-bba1-3f66aa9043a7.jpg?v=1777299444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dos-passos-linda-w-wagner-9780292741966","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}