| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
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Blackwell introductions to literature ; 16 |
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Blackwell introductions to literature ; 16.
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| Contents |
1. Big : Expansion and its discontents -- The city -- Representing nature -- Apocalypse -- The sense of place -- 2. Rich : Weber and Veblen: Reasons to work and reasons to spend -- USA -- Work and identity -- Labor reform -- Consumption and identity -- 3. New : Beginning anew: Crevecoeur and Hawthorne -- Young America -- Making it new I: literary modernism -- Making it new II: the other arts -- 4. Free : The multiple meanings of freedom -- War and the affirmation of American values -- Writing war -- Upstream against the mainstream -- "An inescapable network of mutuality." |
| Summary |
"Say "America" and certain adjectives come readily to mind. Because of the nation's wealth, energy, and global presence during the twentieth century almost everyone has a view of America. This introduction to American literature and culture addresses four common conceptions of the United States: that it is "big," "rich," "new," and "free." Designed to illustrate the artistic and social climate in the USA from 1900 to 1960, the book discusses a range of artistic and cultural productions from the period that reinforce, revise, dispute, or deny these commonly held views of the country."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American literature.
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Civilization.
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Literature.
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Literature and society.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Amerikaans.
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Bellettrie.
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Cultuur.
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Maatschappij.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139942
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United States -- In literature
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United States.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470690741 |
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0470690747 |
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0470680474 |
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9780470680476 |
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047079397X |
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9780470793978 |
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