A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1405121807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 444 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her novel The Right Thing to Do won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 1988–9 and was reprinted by the Feminist Press in 1999. Hendin is Professor of English and Tiro A. Josephine G. Her critical works include The World of Flannery O'Connor (1970), Vulnerable People: A View of American Fiction Since 1945 (1978), and Heartbr
This ConciseCompanion 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 race, and by agendas of left and right, but united in the intensity of its creative drive.
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The ConciseCompanion embraces the diversity which became characteristic of the postwar period. From the Back CoverAConcise 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. Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, jazzmusic from bebop to hip hop, African American writing, and postwar film, among other subjects, reflect a time of turbulence, change, and cultural enrichment. Yet taken together, their contributions demonstrate how different genres and approaches interacte