A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture /

A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture /

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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.

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Other Authors: Hendin, Josephine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Series:Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.
Subjects:
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Literature and the war > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Literature and the war > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Influence > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
United States > Civilization > 1945- > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
United States > Civilization > 1945-
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
History.
Guides et manuels.
Table of 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 and 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. Gardaphé
  • Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women / Robert E. Rhodes and Patricia Monaghan
  • 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.

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