{"product_id":"a-concise-companion-to-postwar-american-literature-and-culture-paperback-softback-9781405121804","title":"A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405121804","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosephine Hendin (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405121804, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm, 0.595 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eConcise\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is a guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period, in its diverse energies, shapes and forms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmbraces 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how different genres and approaches opened up creative possibilities and interacted in the postwar period.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePortrays 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors. \u003cp\u003e1. Introducing American Literature and Culture in the Postwar Years: Josephine G. Hendin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Fifties and After: An Ambiguous Culture: Frederick R. Karl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Beat Generation is Now About Everything : Regina Weinreich.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. From Bebop to Hip Hop: American Music After 1950: Perry Meisel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. American Drama in the Postwar Period: John Bell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Hollywood Dreaming: Postwar American Film: Leonard Quart, Albert Auster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Beauty and Destructiveness of War: A Literary Portrait of the Vietnam Conflict: Pat C. Hoy II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Postmodern Fictions: David Mikics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Gay and Lesbian Writing in Post World War II America : Mary Jo Bona.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Identity and the Postwar Temper in American Jewish Fiction: Daniel Fuchs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Fire and Romance: African American Literature Since World War II: Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Italian\/American Literature and Culture: Fred L. Gardaphé.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women: Robert E. Rhodes and Patricia Monaghan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American: Cyrus R. K. Patell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501409267992,"sku":"9781405121804","price":42.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405121804.jpg?v=1786236405","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-concise-companion-to-postwar-american-literature-and-culture-paperback-softback-9781405121804","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}