"Literature." . . "American literature 20th century History and criticism." . . "Büroarbeit (Motiv)" . . "Mittelstand (Motiv)" . . "Amerikaans." . . "Letterkunde." . . "White collar workers in literature." . . "Social classes in literature." . . "American literature 19th century History and criticism." . . "Littérature américaine 1870-1914 Thèmes, motifs." . . "Littérature américaine 1900-1945 Thèmes, motifs." . . "1800 - 1999" . . "Employés Dans la littérature." . . "Klasse Motiv Literatur USA." . . "Literatur USA Motiv Klasse." . . "Literatur." . . "Littérature américaine 1900-1945 Histoire et critique." . . "Literaire thema's." . . "United States." . . "Angestellter (Motiv)" . . . . "Littérature américaine 1870-1914 Histoire et critique." . . "Soziale Klasse (Motiv)" . . "Classes moyennes Dans la littérature." . . "Middenklassen." . . "Gesellschaft Motiv Literatur USA." . . "Littérature et société États-Unis." . . . "In White Collar Fictions Christopher P. Wilson explores how turn-of-the-century literary representations of \"white collar\" Americans--the \"middle\" social strata H.L. Mencken dismissed as boobus Americanus--were actually part and parcel of a new social class coming to terms with its own power, authority, and contradictions. An innovative study that integrates literary analysis with social-history research, the book reexamines the life and work of Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis--as well as such nearly forgotten authors as O. Henry, Edna Ferber, Robert Grant, and Elmer Rice. Between 1885 and 1925 America underwent fundamental social changes. The family business faded with the rise of the modern corporation; mid-level clerical work grew rapidly; the \"white collar\" ranks--sales clerks, accountants, lawyers, advertisers, \"middle managers, and professionals--expanded between capital and labor. During this same period, Wilson shows, white collar characters took on greater prominence within American literature and popular culture. Magazines like the Saturday Evening Post idolized \"average Americans,\" while writers such as Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis produced portraits of \"middle America\" in Winesburg, Ohio and Babbitt. By investigating the material experience and social vocabularies within white collar life itself, Wilson uncovers the ways in which writers helped create a new cultural vocabulary--\"Babbittry,\" the \"little people,\" the \"Average American\"--That served to redefine power, authority, and commonality in American society." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "White collar fictions : class and social representation in American literature,1885-1925"@en . . . . . . . . "White collar fictions : Class and social representation in American literature, 1885-1925" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "White Collar Fictions : Class and Social Representation in American Literature,1885-1925" . . . "White collar fictions : class and social representation in American literature, 1885-1925" . "White collar fictions : class and social representation in American literature, 1885-1925"@en . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . . . "Mittelstand." . . "Geschichte (1885-1925)" . . "USA." . . "American literature." . . "Roman." . . "Literatur USA Motiv Gesellschaft." . . "Problèmes sociaux Dans la littérature." . . "Social problems in literature." . . "English literature, Special subjects, Society." . .