A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture
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A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture
（Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture）
Blackwell Pub., 2004
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Postwar American literature and culture
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780631207092
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A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture traces the creative energy that surged in new directions in the United States after World War II. Each of the contributors approaches a particular aspect of postwar literature, film, music, or drama from his or her own perspective. Yet taken together, their contributions demonstrate how different genres and approaches interacted and opened up new paths through this period. The Concise Companion embraces the diversity which became characteristic of the postwar period. Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, jazzmusic from bebop to hip hop, African American writing, and postwar film, among other subjects, reflect a time of turbulence, change, and cultural enrichment. What emerges from this survey is a portrait of postwar America split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and race, by agendas of the left and right, but nevertheless united by the sheer intensity of its creative drive.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors1. Introducing American Literature and Culture in the Postwar Years: Josephine G. Hendin2. The Fifties and After: An Ambiguous Culture: Frederick R. Karl3. The Beat Generation is Now About Everything : Regina Weinreich4. From Bebop to Hip Hop: American Music After 1950: Perry Meisel5. American Drama in the Postwar Period: John Bell6. Hollywood Dreaming: Postwar American Film: Leonard Quart, Albert Auster7. The Beauty and Destructiveness of War: A Literary Portrait of the Vietnam Conflict: Pat C. Hoy II8. Postmodern Fictions: David Mikics9. Gay and Lesbian Writing in Post World War II America : Mary Jo Bona10. Identity and the Postwar Temper in American Jewish Fiction: Daniel Fuchs11. Fire and Romance: African American Literature Since World War II: Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr.12. Italian/American Literature and Culture: Fred L. Gardaphe13. Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women: Robert E. Rhodes and Patricia Monaghan14. Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American: Cyrus R. K. Patell15. I'll Be Your Mirror, Reflect What You Are Postmodern Documentation and the Downtown New York Scene from 1975 to the Present: Marvin J. Taylor Index
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Description
This Concise Companion is a guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period, in its diverse energies, shapes and forms.
Embraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, African American writing, jazz, film, drama and more.
Shows how different genres and approaches opened up creative possibilities and interacted in the postwar period.
Portrays the postwar United States split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and race, and by agendas of left and right, but united in the intensity of its creative drive.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors. 1. Introducing American Literature and Culture in the Postwar Years: Josephine G. Hendin.
2. The Fifties and After: An Ambiguous Culture: Frederick R. Karl.
3. The Beat Generation is Now About Everything : Regina Weinreich.
4. From Bebop to Hip Hop: American Music After 1950: Perry Meisel.
5. American Drama in the Postwar Period: John Bell.
6. Hollywood Dreaming: Postwar American Film: Leonard Quart, Albert Auster.
7. The Beauty and Destructiveness of War: A Literary Portrait of the Vietnam Conflict: Pat C. Hoy II.
8. Postmodern Fictions: David Mikics.
9. Gay and Lesbian Writing in Post World War II America : Mary Jo Bona.
10. Identity and the Postwar Temper in American Jewish Fiction: Daniel Fuchs.
11. Fire and Romance: African American Literature Since World War II: Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr.
12. Italian/American Literature and Culture: Fred L. Gardaphe.
13. Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women: Robert E. Rhodes and Patricia Monaghan.
14. Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American: Cyrus R. K. Patell.
15. I'll Be Your Mirror, Reflect What You Are Postmodern Documentation and the Downtown New York Scene from 1975 to the Present: Marvin J. Taylor.
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