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A fragmentary and experimental work that is at once feminist, modernist, and proletarian, Yonnondio provides a unique example of the synthesis of two distinct but concurrent literary traditions: the proletarian socialist-realist aesthetic advocated by the political left of the 1930s and the experimental Modernism of mass culture.
1 de ene. de 2001 · Tillie Olsen, Linda Ray Pratt (Introduction) 3.57. 842 ratings82 reviews. Yonnondio follows the heartbreaking path of the Holbrook family in the late 1920s and the Great Depression as they move from the coal mines of Wyoming to a tenant farm in western Nebraska, ending up finally on the kill floors of the slaughterhouses and in the ...
19 de abr. de 2012 · Yonnondio, from the thirties. by. Olsen, Tillie. Publication date. 1989. Topics. Depressions, Working class, Depressions, Working class. Publisher. New York : Delta/Seymour Lawrence.
Pillars of American literature, these two newly repackaged titles have been loved and admired by readers for decades. Set during the Depression, "Yonnondio": "From The Thirties" is the...
Yonnondio: from the Thirties. Tillie Olsen. Delacorte Press, 1974 - Fiction - 196 pages. The story of the Holbrook family as they migrate from coal-mining town to farm to industrial city,...
1 de oct. de 2004 · by Tillie Olsen (Author), Linda Ray Pratt (Introduction) 4.4 73 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. Yonnondio follows the heartbreaking path of the Holbrook family in the late 1920s and the Great Depression as they move from the coal mines of Wyoming to a tenant farm in western Nebraska, ending ...
Yonnondio: From the Thirties, which provides a bridge between Olsen’s writing published in 1934 and her more recent writing, constituted her most important literary effort during the ‘30s. Her promising short story, “The Iron Throat,” became 60 percent of the first chapter, and she completed the first four chapters, or almost half, of ...
