The Struggle to Re-establish Anglo Superiority in American Modernism and its Collapse into American Tragedy

Author

Jeff Brelvi, CUNY City CollegeFollow

Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Elizabeth Mazzola

Second Advisor

Harold Veeser

Keywords

Anglo, Identity, Modernism, American, Tragedy

Abstract

A study of the impact Anglo race assertion had on American Modernism through the work of Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and T.S. Eliot shaping the discourse on American cultural identity. Arthur Miller and his "Tragedy and the Common Man" put an end to Modernism's Anglo stronghold and brought about the next period of American literature, ushering it into the era of American tragedy.

Recommended Citation

Brelvi, Jeff, "The Struggle to Re-establish Anglo Superiority in American Modernism and its Collapse into American Tragedy" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/702