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City University of New York - City College

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

Abstract

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<p>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.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2017

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Brelvi, Jeff
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Elizabeth Mazzola
  • Harold Veeser

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/702
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-1711

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2026-07-24
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citation

Brelvi, Jeff. The Struggle to Re-establish Anglo Superiority in American Modernism and its Collapse into American Tragedy. Thesis thesis, 2017. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/702