A history of American literature [electronic resource] : 1950 to the present /
by Wagner-Martin, Linda.
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BookSeries: Wiley-Blackwell Histories of American Literature: Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2013Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781118329160; 1118329163; 9781118329153; 1118329155; 9781118329177; 1118329171; 9781118329146; 1118329147.Subject(s): American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism | American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General | American literature | 1900-2099 | Electronic books | Criticism, interpretation, etcOnline resources: Wiley Online Library Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A History of American Literature; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Locating Contemporary Literature; American Poetry During the 1950s; A. Poems of the Mind and the Body; B. The Farthest Edge: The Beats and the Confessional School; American Theater During the 1950s; American Fiction During the 1950s; A. Fiction and the War; B. Class and Sexuality in the Novel; C. The Novel, Jewish and Southern; Chapter 2 The Sixties and the Necessities of Change; Theater of the 1960s; African American Writing in the 1960s; 1960s Fiction, Mainstream Markers; Feminism.
Chapter 3 Conventions and EruptionsPoetry of the Anti-War and Feminist Years; Feminist Fictions; Postmodern Fictions; Science Fiction and Alternative Worlds; The New Journalism; Theater During the 1970s; Chapter 4 New Ages and Old; Memoir: Another New Direction; Crime and Detective Fiction, American Style; Theater During the 1980s; Chapter 5 The 1980s, Ethnicity and Change; Asian American Writing; Native American Writing; Mexican American Writing (i.e., Latino/Latina); African American Writing; Poetry in the 1980s; Fiction in the 1980s; Chapter 6 The 1990s and the Sexual.
Sexual Preferences and Social/Legal IssuesTheater of the 1990s; The Poem at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century; Story at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century; Southern Literature at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 7 The Twenty-First Century; The Story of 9/11 and Its Aftermath; Theater 2000-2010; Poetry 2000-2010; Memoir and Life-Writing 2000-2010; Fiction 2000-2010; References; Index.
The History of American Literature from 1950 to the Present offers a comprehensive analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st centuryCovers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novelsFeatures discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics.
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