American cultural critics / edited by David Murray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murray, David, 1945-

Series:

Exeter studies in American and Commonwealth arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--United States--History--20th century.

Criticism.

United States.

History.

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 298 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 1995.

Summary:

American Cultural Critics covers a wide range of twentieth century intellectuals and cultural commentators whose work has constituted an engagement with American society and its values. These specially commissioned essays examine the central themes of American postwar intellectual history and explore the complex ways in which the underlying terms of cultural criticism have been both shared and contested. Contributors include Michael Wood, Richard King, Helen Carr and Lawrence J. Friedman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0859894045

OCLC:

33970386