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A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture / edited by Josephine G. Hendin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- American literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Literature and the war--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Literature and society--United States--History--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Literature and society.
- Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Politics and literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Influence--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Civilization.
- History.
- United States--Civilization--1945---Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 430 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
- Summary:
- A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture traces the creative energy that surged in new directions in the United States after World War II. Each of the contributors approaches a particular aspect of postwar literature, film, music, or drama from his or her own perspective. Yet taken together, their contributions demonstrate how different genres and approaches interacted and opened up new paths through this period. The Concise Companion embraces the diversity which became characteristic of the postwar period. Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, music from bebop to hip hop, African American writing, and postwar film, among other subjects, reflect a time of turbulence, change, and cultural enrichment. What emerges from this survey is a portrait of postwar America split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and race, by agendas of the left and right, but nevertheless united by the sheer intensity of its creative drive.
- Contents:
- 1 Introducing American Literature and Culture in the Postwar Years / Josephine G. Hendin 1
- 2 The Fifties and After: An Ambiguous Culture / Frederick R. Karl 20
- 3 The Beat Generation is Now About Everything / Regina Weinreich 72
- 4 From Bebop to Hip Hop: American Music After 1950 / Perry Meisel 95
- 5 American Drama in the Postwar Period / John Bell 110
- 6 Hollywood Dreaming: Postwar American Film / Leonard Quart, Albert Auster 149
- 7 The Beauty and Destructiveness of War: A Literary Portrait of the Vietnam Conflict / Pat C. Hoy II 168
- 8 Postmodern Fictions / David Mikics 187
- 9 Gay and Lesbian Writing in Post-World War II America / Mary Jo Bona 210
- 10 Identity and the Postwar Temper in American Jewish Fiction / Daniel Fuchs 238
- 11 Fire and Romance: African American Literature Since World War II / Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr 263
- 12 Italian American Literature and Culture / Fred L. Gardaphe 299
- 13 Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women / Robert E. Rhodes, Patricia Monaghan 323
- 14 Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American / Cyrus R. K. Patell 351
- 15 "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 383.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631207090
- 1405121807
- OCLC:
- 53084102
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