The Mid-Century American Novel, 1935-1965

The volumes in this series examine significant literary foundations of the novel, by applying the most recent critical approaches: Marxism, feminism, structuralism, and others. Each volume surveys a specific novel-writing tradition, and includes: -- A chronology listing publication dates of major novels, birth and death dates of novelists, and dates of significant events -- An introductory overview of the novels and their critical reception -- A summary of the state of the criticism -- Primary and secondary source bibliographies