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A history of American literature [electronic resource] : 1950 to the present / Linda Wagner-Martin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley-Blackwell Histories of American LiteraturePublication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118329160
  • 1118329163
  • 9781118329153
  • 1118329155
  • 9781118329177
  • 1118329171
  • 9781118329146
  • 1118329147
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of American literature.DDC classification:
  • 810.9/0054 23
LOC classification:
  • PS225
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.