Revisions of the American Adam : innocence, identity and masculinity in twentieth-century America
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Revisions of the American Adam : innocence, identity and masculinity in twentieth-century America
（Continuum literary studies）
Continuum, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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
Table of Contents
- 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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