Mollified in Madison: Optimism in Contemporary American Literature.

Vale, Geraldine R.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Mollified in Madison: Optimism in Contemporary American Literature.

Vale, Geraldine R.

English Journal, v78 n4 p19-24 Apr 1989

Discusses difficulties in teaching/reading "depressing" twentieth-century American literature. Suggests that the underlying themes are not depressing, and illustrates this assertion with examples from Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Provides an annotated list of 25 "positive" novels, biographies, and personal narratives and reflections. (MM)

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, English Instruction, High Schools, Literature Appreciation, Reading Material Selection, Reading Materials, Twentieth Century Literature, United States Literature

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reference Materials - Bibliographies

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Language: English

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