G eorge Saunders peoples his stories with the losers of American history—the
dispossessed, the oppressed, or merely those whom history's winners have walked all over …

Abstract “Do you know what we do? In our country? We work.” George Saunders is
contemporary American literature's great comic chronicler of the hours spent in highly …

This chapter explores the way that George Saunders's unique use of language informs and
shapes the satire that characterizes his vision of contemporary America. From the literal …

As he blends the stories of the professional and political lives of Cagney, Bogart, and
Garfield into one fascinating narrative, Robert Sklar probes the cultural forces that produced …

This timely volume explores the signal contribution George Saunders has made to the
development of the short story form in books ranging from CivilWarLand in Bad Decline …

Vanishing Moments analyzes how various American authors have reified class through their
writing, from the first influx of industrialism in the 1850s to the end of the Great Depression in …

Resumen In late 19th Century America, the elite of wealthy New York families were united
by the Patriarch's Balls. The Society of the Patriarch organized lavish balls to foster a content …

Commentators on the fiction of George Saunders have consistently remarked on his
scathing satire of corporate jargon. Less has been said about the author's attitude to the …

Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) remains read and in print, despite being subject to
periods of critical neglect, followed by intermittent attempts to redefine its essence and …

Race, Manhood, and Modernism in America offers the first extended comparison between
American writers Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) and Jean Toomer (1894-1967) …