![]() ![]() Paul Fussell Although most Americans sense that they live within an extremely complicated system of social classes and suspect that much of what is thought and done here is prompted by considerations of status, the subject has remained murky. ![]() Disclaimer #2: Genres like drama and poetry are woefully underepresented, and the list naturally skews toward the Golden Age of Establishment Lit (see Cheever, Marquand, Plimpton.) Sadly, the list is not even close to being diverse enough-a mandate for our next 170 years. Paul Fussell Class: A Guide Through the American Class System New York: Summit Books, 1983 (first edition many since) Written in 1980-82 and published in 1983, Paul Fussell’s Class: A Guide Through the American Status System is one of those rare books that most literate people seem to have heard of, say they want to read if they haven’t, and have fierce opinions about whether. (22 March 1924 ) was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. Class 15 From Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, Touchstone, 1992. ![]()
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