Description:

Analyzes contemporary drama, fiction, and popular works in order to show how the Depression affected the myth of success, and looks at the values, attitudes, and motivations of Americans during that period

Review

?Hearn's stimulating study is a welcome corrective to most intellectual-cultural histories of the 1930s, which by focusing upon the major thinkers and writers exaggerate the extent of the break with traditional values that took place during the decade.?-Choice

"Hearn's stimulating study is a welcome corrective to most intellectual-cultural histories of the 1930s, which by focusing upon the major thinkers and writers exaggerate the extent of the break with traditional values that took place during the decade."-Choice

About the Author

arn /f Charles /i R.