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Titolo |
A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Josephine G. Hendin |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-78268-760-2 |
1-4051-6494-8 |
1-281-32073-0 |
9786611320737 |
0-470-75643-8 |
0-470-75638-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (444 p.) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Literature and the war |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Literature and the war |
Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century |
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States - Influence |
United States Civilization 1945- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introducing American Literature and Culture in the Postwar Years; 2 The Fifties and After: An Ambiguous Culture; 3 The Beat Generation is Now About Everything; 4 From Bebop to Hip Hop: American Music After 1950; 5 American Drama in the Postwar Period; 6 Hollywood Dreaming: Postwar American Film; 7 The Beauty and Destructiveness of War: A Literary Portrait of the Vietnam Conflict; 8 Postmodern Fictions; 9 Gay and Lesbian Writing in Post-World War II America |
10 Identity and the Postwar Temper in American Jewish Fiction11 Fire |
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and Romance: African American Literature Since World War II; 12 Italian American Literature and Culture; 13 Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women; 14 Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American; 15 "I'll Be Your Mirror, Reflect What You Are": Postmodern Documentation and the Downtown New York Scene from 1975 to the Present; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This Concise Companion is a guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period, in its diverse energies, shapes and forms.:.; Embraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, African American writing, jazz, film, drama and more.; Shows how different genres and approaches opened up creative possibilities and interacted in the postwar period.; Portrays the postwar United States split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and rac |
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