American literature and culture, 1900-1960 / / Gail McDonald

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 810.9/358
• Soggetto topico: American literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century; National characteristics, American, in literature
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization 20th century; United States In literature
• Classificazione: 930.29; 810.9/358
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: American literature and culture 1900-1960
• ISBN: 9780470690741; 0470680474; 9780470680476
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822763003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell introductions to literature ; ; 16.