Revisions of the American Adam : innocence, identity and masculinity in twentieth-century America

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    • Mitchell, Jonathan

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Revisions of the American Adam : innocence, identity and masculinity in twentieth-century America

Jonathan Mitchell

(Continuum literary studies)

Continuum, c2011

  • : hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

The figure of the American Adam is a prevalent myth in US cultural history. Defined by R.W.B. Lewis in 1955 as "the hero of new adventure ...an individual standing alone, self-reliant and self-propelling, ready to confront whatever awaited

目次

  • 1. The Fall, Amongst Other Things
  • Part I. Adam and Modernity
  • 2. Postcards From the Frontier
  • 3. The Hero in the Modern World
  • Part II. Adam in the Cold War
  • 4. In the Shadow of Bombs
  • 5. From War to Love and Back Again
  • Part III. Adam and Postmodernity
  • 6. Vietnam Syndrome
  • 7. The End of Ideology?
  • Postscript: Kennedy is Dead, Long Live Kennedy!
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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