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Autore |
McDonald Gail |
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Titolo |
American literature and culture, 1900-1960 / / Gail McDonald |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
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ISBN |
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9780470690741 |
0470680474 |
9780470680476 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Blackwell introductions to literature ; ; 16 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century |
National characteristics, American, in literature |
United States Civilization 20th century |
United States In literature |
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Timeline -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Big -- Expansion and its Discontents -- The City -- Representing Nature -- Apocalypse -- The Sense of Place -- 2 Rich -- Weber and Veblen:Reasons to Work and Reasons to Spend -- USA -- Work and Identity -- Labor Reform -- Consumption and Identity -- 3 New -- Beginning Anew:Crevecoeur and Hawthorne -- Young America -- Making It New I: Literary Modernism -- Making It New II: The Other Arts -- 4 Free -- The Multiple Meanings of Freedom -- War and the Affirmation of American Values -- Writing War -- Upstream Against the Mainstream -- "An Inescapable Network of Mutuality" -- Notes -- Websites for Further Study of American Literature and Culture -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"To call this an 'introduction' or 'guide' to its topic is accurate but modest...McDonald does not attempt to redefine texts so much as portray their coincidental nature...Highly Recommended." Choice. |
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