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A Concise Companion to Postwar Amerian Literature and Culture Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Hendin, Josephine (Editor)

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ISBN: 1405121807     ISBN-13: 9781405121804
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2004
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Annotation: "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, jazzmusic 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.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
Dewey: 810.900
LCCN: 2003020731
Series: Blackwell Concise Companions to Literature and Culture (Paperback)
Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.44" W x 9.14" L (1.45 lbs) 430 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
Features: Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
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 race, and by agendas of left and right, but united in the intensity of its creative drive.
 
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