| Description |
xii, 430 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture
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Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- 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. |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the war -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and society. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Politics and literature. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Influence -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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United States -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Subject |
United States -- Civilization -- 1945- |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Hendin, Josephine.
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| ISBN |
1405121807 paperback alkaline paper |
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0631207090 alkaline paper |
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