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Vital Contact: Downclassing Journeys in American Literature from Herman Melville to Richard Wright
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Hardcover
from Routledge (November 1, 2005)
9780415976145 | details & prices | 240 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $150.00
About: First Published in 2006.
About: First Published in 2006.
Paperback
from Routledge (October 25, 2013)
9780415869508 | details & prices | 240 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $48.95
About: The book analyzes American literature about middle or upper class characters who voluntarily descend the class ranks to experience "vital contact" by living or associating, temporarily, with the poor.
About: The book analyzes American literature about middle or upper class characters who voluntarily descend the class ranks to experience "vital contact" by living or associating, temporarily, with the poor.