American Literature and Culture, 1900 - 1960

Name: American Literature and Culture, 1900 - 1960
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ISBN: 9781405101271

ISBN-10: 140510127X

ISBN-13: 9781405101271

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gail McDonald

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Designed to illustrate the artistic and social climate in the USA from 1900 to 1960, this book juxtaposes discussion of history, popular culture, literature and other art forms in ways that foster discussion, questioning, and continued study.

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.08" wide x 9.10" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Timeline


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Big


Expansion and its Discontents


The City


Representing Nature


Apocalypse


The Sense of Place



Rich


Weber and Veblen: Reasons to Work and Reasons to Spend


USA


Work and Identity


Labor Reform


Consumption and Identity



New


Beginning Anew: Crevecoeur and Hawthorne


Young America


Making It New I: Literary Modernism


Making It New II: The Other Arts



Free


The Multiple Meanings of Freedom


War and the Affirmation of American Values


Writing War


Upstream Against the Mainstream


ï¿½An Inescapable Network of Mutualityï¿½


Notes


Websites for Further Study of American Literature and Culture


Bibliography


Index