{"product_id":"harvests-of-change-jay-martin-american-literature-1865-1914-hardcover-jacket","title":"Harvests of Change Jay Martin American Literature 1865-1914 Hardcover Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Jay Martin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Harvests of Change: American Literature, 1865–1914\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Prentice-Hall, Inc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlace:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCopyright:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1967\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinting:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Third printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover with dust jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 382\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Near Fine. Dust jacket protected in a Brodart cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the Civil War and World War I, American writers confronted a country being transformed by industrial wealth, expanding cities, scientific discoveries, and shifting beliefs. Jay Martin examines how their fiction and poetry gave expression to those changes—and helped Americans understand them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenry James, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Theodore Dreiser, and Stephen Crane figure alongside less familiar writers. Martin connects their work to the competing attractions of Europe and the American West, the challenges of Darwinism, and the tensions between inherited values and modern experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than treating literature as a succession of authors and books, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarvests of Change\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e places writing within the public life of its time. The original jacket’s red, blue, and black design gives this scholarly volume a particularly attractive period presentation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Debs Book Paradise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67597352599732,"sku":"219-1","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/9279\/1220\/files\/coverharvest.jpg?v=1792516892","url":"https:\/\/debsbookparadise.com\/products\/harvests-of-change-jay-martin-american-literature-1865-1914-hardcover-jacket","provider":"Debs Book Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}