The Word on the Streets: The American Language of Vernacular Modernism

by Brooks E Hefner and Brooks E. Hefner

Book Overview

From the hard-boiled detective stories of Dashiell Hammett to the novels of Claude McKay, The Word on the Streets examines a group of writers whose experimentation with the vernacular argues for a rethinking of American modernism--one that cuts across traditional boundaries of class, race, and ethnicity.

The dawn of the modernist era witnessed a transformation of popular writing that demonstrated an experimental practice rooted in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813940400
• ISBN13: 9780813940403
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"