Apush influential literature list: 3rd q

The Red Badge of Courage (author)Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage (year)1895The Red Badge of Courage (summary of impact)~ international best-selling fictional novel about the Civil War
~ features cruelty, honor, fear, and debilitating injuries
~ paints a horrific picture of war
~ considered an American literary classicThe Theory of the Leisure Class (author)Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure Class (year)1899The Theory of the Leisure Class (summary of impact)~ claims the budding consumer culture is built on the desire to compete for status rather than out of necessity
~ influences theories of Mills and Galbraith
~ impacts progressivism, socialism, and sociologySister Carrie (author)Theodore DreiserSister Carrie (year)1900Sister Carrie (summary of impact)~ fictional account of a young girl who moves from the rural countryside to urban Chicago at the turn of the century
~ description of city sights helps encourage urbanizationUp From Slavery (author)Booker T. WashingtonUp From Slavery (year)1901Up From Slavery (summary of impact)~ advocated economic and industrial improvement for Blacks while sacrificing political and social opportunity
~ ideas fell out of favor with Blacks with the rise of W. E. B DuBois and the NAACPWealth Against Commonwealth (author)Henry Demarest LloydWealth Against Commonwealth (year)1902Wealth Against Commonwealth (summary of impact)~ muckraking journalism
~ critiques Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company for putting individual profit-making interests above the good of the whole
~ calls Social Darwinist beliefs into questionThe Shame of the Cities (author)Lincoln SteffensThe Shame of the Cities (year)1904The Shame of the Cities (summary of impact)~ muckraking journalism
~ tried to expose corruption of the political machine in major cities
~ helps encourage progressive legislation designed to increase democracy and root out corruptionThe Jungle (author)Upton SinclairThe Jungle (year)1906The Jungle (summary of impact)~ muckraking effort to expose abusive practices of meat packing industry
~ instead leads to Meat Inspection Act (government protection from unhealthy animal products)Babbitt (author)Sinclair LewisBabbitt (year)1922Babbitt (summary of impact)~ satire of American middle-class and capitalism
~ critiques American culture as empty, vapid, materialistic and conformist
~ demonstrates criticisms common in Lost Generation literatureThe Great Gatsby (author)F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby (year)1925The Great Gatsby (summary of impact)~ demonstrating struggle between prosperity and unrestrained materialism of the 1920’s
~ said to be a shockingly accurate representation of ’20’s culture, music and consumerismThe Sun Also Rises (author)Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises (year)1926The Sun Also Rises (summary of impact)~ considered the ultimate example of ” Lost Generation”
~ expatriates traveling Europe looking for their ” lost souls” in the aftermath of WWI
~ represents 1920’s struggles with anxiety and desireThe Sound and the Fury (author)William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury (year)1929The Sound and the Fury (summary of impact)~ widely considered one of America’s greatest novels
~ often thought to be a representation of the unique absurdities of southern society in its transition to post Civil War societyThe General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (author)John Maynard KeynesThe General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (year)1936The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (summary of impact)~ explains Keynes’ theory that government deficit spending will help circulate money, create jobs and promote demand for products
~ basis for Second New Deal
~ eventually causes storm of protest from believers in laissez-faire government ONAPUSH INFLUENTIAL LITERATURE LIST: 3RD Q SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUFOR ONLY$13. 90/PAGEOrder Now