Description |
xii, 430 p. ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
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Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introducing American Literature and Culture in the Postwar Years / Josephine G. Hendin -- The Fifties and After: An Ambiguous Culture / Frederick R. Karl -- The Beat Generation is Now About Everything / Regina Weinreich -- From Bebop to Hip Hop: American music after 1950 / Perry Meisel -- American Drama in the Postwar Period / John Bell -- Hollywood Dreaming: Postwar American Film / Leonard Quart, Albert Auster -- The Beauty and Destructiveness of War: A Literary Portrait of the Vietnam Conflict / Pat C. Hoy II -- Postmodern Fictions / David Mikics -- Gay and Lesbian Writing in Post World War II America / Mary Jo Bona -- Identity and the Postwar Temper in American Jewish Fiction / Daniel Fuchs -- Fire and Romance: African American Literature Since World War II / Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr. -- Italian/American Literature and Culture / Fred L. Gardaphe -- Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women / Robert E. Rhodes -- Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American / Cyrus R.K. Patell -- "I'll Be Your Mirror, Reflect What You Are": Postmodern Documentation and the Downtown New York Scene from 1975 to the Present / Marvin J. Taylor. |
Summary |
This companion traces the creative energy that surged in new directions in the United States after World War II. Each of the contributors approaches a particular aspect of post-war literature, film, music or drama from his or her own perspective. |
Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the war -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Influence -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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United States -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Added Author |
Hendin, Josephine.
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Added Title |
Postwar American literature and culture |
ISBN |
0631207090 (alk. paper) |
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9780631207092 (alk. paper) |
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1405121807 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781405121804 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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