{"product_id":"american-literature-and-culture-1900-1960-hardback-9781405101264","title":"American Literature and Culture, 1900 - 1960 (Hardback) 9781405101264","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Literature and Culture, 1900 - 1960\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\"\u003eGail McDonald (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405101264, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 December 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.539 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"To call this an 'introduction' or 'guide' to its topic is accurate but modest...McDonald does not attempt to redefine texts so much as portray their coincidental nature...Highly Recommended.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis introduction to American literature and culture from 1900 to 1960 is organized around four major ideas about America: that is it \"big\", \"new\", \"rich\", and \"free\".\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates the artistic and social climate in the USA during this period.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJuxtaposes discussion of history, popular culture, literature and other art forms in ways that foster discussion, questioning, and continued study.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn appendix lists relevant primary and secondary works, including websites.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn ideal supplement to primary texts taught in American literature courses.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Big 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpansion and its Discontents 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe City 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresenting Nature 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocalypse 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sense of Place 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Rich 60\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeber and Veblen: Reasons to Work and Reasons to Spend 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUSA 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork and Identity 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor Reform 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsumption and Identity 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 New 110\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning Anew: Crevecoeur and Hawthorne 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYoung America 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking It New I: Literary Modernism 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking It New II: The Other Arts 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Free 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Multiple Meanings of Freedom 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar and the Affirmation of American Values 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting War 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpstream Against the Mainstream 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An Inescapable Network of Mutuality” 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWebsites for Further Study of American Literature and Culture 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 231\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":52433837752600,"sku":"9781405101264","price":75.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405101264.jpg?v=1784855179","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-literature-and-culture-1900-1960-hardback-9781405101264","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}