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Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America (Haymarket)

Michael Denning

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Mechanic Accents is a widely acclaimed study of American popular fiction and working-class culture. Combining Marxist literary theory with American labor history, Michael Denning explores what happened when, in the nineteenth century, working people began to read cheap novels and the “fiction question” became a class question. In a new afterword, Denning locates his study within the context of current debates on class and cultural studies.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Release: September 01, 1987

ISBN 13: 9781859842508

Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America (Haymarket)

Michael Denning

0/5 ( ratings)

Mechanic Accents is a widely acclaimed study of American popular fiction and working-class culture. Combining Marxist literary theory with American labor history, Michael Denning explores what happened when, in the nineteenth century, working people began to read cheap novels and the “fiction question” became a class question. In a new afterword, Denning locates his study within the context of current debates on class and cultural studies.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Release: September 01, 1987

ISBN 13: 9781859842508

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