A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Josephine G. Hendin

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (444 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9; 810.90054
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization 1945- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Altri autori: HendinJosephine
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture
• ISBN: 1-78268-760-2; 1-4051-6494-8; 1-281-32073-0; 9786611320737; 0-470-75643-8; 0-470-75638-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996213953803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.