The Railroad In American Fiction
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The Railroad In American Fiction
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Author : Grant Burns
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2005-08-24
The Railroad In American Fiction written by Grant Burns and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-24 with Transportation categories.
Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what the railroad once meant to Americans. The fiction of the railroad--often by railroaders themselves--recaptures that sense, and provides valuable insights on American cultural history. This extensively annotated bibliography lists and discusses in 956 entries novels and short stories from the 1840s to the present in which the railroad is important. Each entry includes plot and character description to help the reader make an informed decision on the source's merit. A detailed introduction discusses the history of railroad fiction and highlights common themes such as strikes, hoboes, and the roles of women and African-Americans. Such writers of "pure" railroad fiction as Harry Bedwell, Frank Packard, and Cy Warman are well represented, along with such literary artists as Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, and Ellen Glasgow. Work by minority writers, including Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Frank Chin, and Toni Morrison, also receives close attention. An appendix organizes entries by decade of publication, and the work is indexed by subject and title.
The Railroad In Literature
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Author : Frank Pierce Donovan (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1940
The Railroad In Literature written by Frank Pierce Donovan (Jr.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1940 with Railroads categories.
The Railroad In American Fiction
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Author : Grant Burns
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-01-28
The Railroad In American Fiction written by Grant Burns and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-28 with Transportation categories.
Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what the railroad once meant to Americans. The fiction of the railroad--often by railroaders themselves--recaptures that sense, and provides valuable insights on American cultural history. This extensively annotated bibliography lists and discusses in 956 entries novels and short stories from the 1840s to the present in which the railroad is important. Each entry includes plot and character description to help the reader make an informed decision on the source's merit. A detailed introduction discusses the history of railroad fiction and highlights common themes such as strikes, hoboes, and the roles of women and African-Americans. Such writers of "pure" railroad fiction as Harry Bedwell, Frank Packard, and Cy Warman are well represented, along with such literary artists as Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, and Ellen Glasgow. Work by minority writers, including Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Frank Chin, and Toni Morrison, also receives close attention. An appendix organizes entries by decade of publication, and the work is indexed by subject and title.
The Railroad In Literature
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Author : Carlton Jonathan Corliss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
The Railroad In Literature written by Carlton Jonathan Corliss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922 with Businessmen categories.
The Railroad In Literature
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Author : Frank P. Donovan Jr.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-02
The Railroad In Literature written by Frank P. Donovan Jr. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02 with categories.
A Brief Survey Of Railroad Fiction, Poetry, Songs, Biography, Essays, Travel And Drama In The English Language, Particularly Emphasizing Its Place In American Literature.
Short Lines
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Author : Rob Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Short Lines written by Rob Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Railroad stories categories.
Trains Literature And Culture
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Author : Steven D. Spalding
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012
Trains Literature And Culture written by Steven D. Spalding and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Trains, literature and culture is the first work to thoroughly explore the railroad's connections with a full range of cultural discourses--including literature, visual art, music, graffiti, and television but also advertising, architecture, cell phones, and more ..."--Provided by publisher.
Train Dreams
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Author : Denis Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2011-08-30
Train Dreams written by Denis Johnson and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-30 with Fiction categories.
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011 From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes Train Dreams, an epic in miniature, and one of Johnson's most evocative works of fiction. Suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West—its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge builders—this extraordinary novella poignantly captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life. It tells the story of Robert Grainer, a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century—an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime.
The Underground Railroad In African American Literature
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Author : Darcy Zabel
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 2004
The Underground Railroad In African American Literature written by Darcy Zabel and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with African Americans categories.
The (Underground) Railroad in African American Literature offers a brief history of the African American experience of the railroad and the uses of railroad history by a wide assortment of twentieth-century African American poets, dramatists, and fiction writers. Moreover, this literary history examines the ways in which trains, train history, and legendary train figures such as Harriet Tubman and John Henry have served as literary symbols. This repeated use of the train symbol and associated train people in twentieth-century African American literature creates a sense of literary continuity and a well-established aesthetic tradition all too frequently overlooked in many traditional approaches to the study of African American writing. The metaphoric possibilities associated with the railroad and the persistence of the train as a literary symbol in African American writing demonstrates the symbol's ongoing literary value for twentieth-century African American writers - writers who invite their readers to look back at the various points in history where America got off track, and who also dare to invite their readers to imagine an alternate route for the future.
Railroad Stories 5
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Author : Rich Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-28
Railroad Stories 5 written by Rich Harvey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-28 with categories.
Two Railroad Stories in one volume Steam & Steel Friend against Foe and Rail against Rail - a personal squabble that mushroomed into a vengeance game, from the shell-torn tracks of France to the smooth main line of the S.F. & E., back in the U.S.A. Derails Haunted by the shadow of murder and pursuit, Dave Meade could not forget the roar of the rails. Then, from out of the night and the driving storm on the main line in the Ozarks, came a girl and fate.
