{"product_id":"a-history-of-american-literature-1950-to-the-present-paperback-softback-9781119062523","title":"A History of American Literature; 1950 to the Present (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119062523","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of American Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1950 to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda Wagner-Martin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119062523, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 July 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.522 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\u003eA HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE 1950 TO THE PRESENT\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing works from notable authors as varied as Salinger and the Beats to Vonnegut, Capote, Morrison, Rich, Walker, Eggers, and DeLillo, \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature: 1950 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive analysis of the wide range of literary works produced in the United States over the last six decades and a fascinating survey of the dramatic changes during America’s transition from the innocence of the fifties to the harsh realities of the first decade of the new millennium. Author Linda Wagner-Martin - a highly acclaimed authority on all facets of modern American literature - covers major works of drama, poetry, fiction, non- fiction, memoirs, and popular genres such as science fiction and detective novels. Viewing works produced during this fertile literary period from a wide-ranging perspective, Wagner-Martin considers literature in relation to such issues as the politics of civil rights, feminism, sexual preferences, and race- and gender-based marketing. She also places a special emphasis on works produced during the twenty-first century, and writings influenced by recent historic events such as the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and the global financial crisis. With its careful balance of scholarly precision and accessibility, \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature: 1950 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers of all levels with rich and revealing insights into the diversity of literary forms and influences that characterize postmodern America. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A monumental distillation of an enormous range of material, Wagner-Martin’s rich book should be required reading for anyone grappling with making sense of the prolific, broad-spectrum, and diverse writing in the US since 1950.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThadious M. Davis, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e “Linda Wagner-Martin’s history impressively and judiciously surveys all fields of American writing over the past sixty years, taking full account of significant cultural and historical contexts and the major critical commentaries that have helped shape our understanding of developments in the second half of the last century and the dozen years following the millennium. Balanced, informative, and always highly readable there is much here for general readers, students, and specialists alike.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher MacGowan, the College of William and Mary \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Locating Contemporary Literature 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Poetry During the 1950s 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. Poems of the Mind and the Body 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. The Farthest Edge: The Beats and the Confessional School 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Theater During the 1950s 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Fiction During the 1950s 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. Fiction and the War 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB. Class and Sexuality in the Novel 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC. The Novel, Jewish and Southern 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Sixties and the Necessities of Change 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheater of the 1960s 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican American Writing in the 1960s 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1960s Fiction, Mainstream Markers 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminism 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Conventions and Eruptions 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetry of the Anti-War and Feminist Years 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Fictions 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostmodern Fictions 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience Fiction and Alternative Worlds 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Journalism 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheater During the 1970s 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 New Ages and Old 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMemoir: Another New Direction 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrime and Detective Fiction, American Style 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheater During the 1980s 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The 1980s, Ethnicity and Change 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsian American Writing 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNative American Writing 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMexican American Writing (i.e., Latino\/Latina) 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican American Writing 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetry in the 1980s 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiction in the 1980s 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The 1990s and the Sexual 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual Preferences and Social\/Legal Issues 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheater of the 1990s 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Poem at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStory at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouthern Literature at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Twenty-First Century 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Story of 9\/11 and Its Aftermath 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheater 2000–2010 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetry 2000–2010 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMemoir and Life-Writing 2000–2010 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiction 2000–2010 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 365\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":52421395972376,"sku":"9781119062523","price":26.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119062523.jpg?v=1784594950","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-american-literature-1950-to-the-present-paperback-softback-9781119062523","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}