Livesey, A (2023) Rewriting America: New Essays on the Federal Writers’ Project. Edited by SaraRutkowski. Western Historical Quarterly, 55 (1). ISSN 0043-3810

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Abstract

From 1935 to 1941, the U.S. federal government embarked on a financially and ideologically ambitious scheme, to provide work for writers in the context of the Great Depression. What was envisioned as a short-term plan to produce state guidebooks—essentially tourism promotional material—to bolster internal travel and tourism and boost local economies, turned into something more unexpected. The Federal Writers’ Project would revise artists’ expectations of their relationship with the federal government, provide a training ground for some of America’s most celebrated writers, and fascinate historians for years to come.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Western Historical Quarterly following peer review. The version of record Andrea Livesey, Rewriting America: New Essays on the Federal Writers’ Project. Edited by SaraRutkowski, Western Historical Quarterly, 2023, whad141 is available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/whad141
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2103 Historical Studies; History
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
Divisions:	Humanities & Social Science
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	26 May 2023 09:15
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2023 14:30
DOI or ID number:	10.1093/whq/whad141
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19581

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