The Forties

The Forties
Author: Warren G. French
Publisher:
Total Pages: 325
Release: 1975
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

The Thirties: Fiction, Poetry, Drama

The Thirties: Fiction, Poetry, Drama
Author: Warren G. French
Publisher: Everett Edwards
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1967
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Collection of hitherto unpublished critical essays on American fiction, poetry, and drama of the 1930's.

American and British Poetry

American and British Poetry
Author: Harriet Semmes Alexander
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1984
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780719017063

American Literature in Transition, 1970–1980

American Literature in Transition, 1970–1980
Author: Kirk Curnutt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2018-03-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 110864242X

American Literature in Transition, 1970–1980 examines the literary developments of the twentieth-century's gaudiest decade. For a quarter century, filmmakers, musicians, and historians have returned to the era to explore the legacy of Watergate, stagflation, and Saturday Night Fever, uncovering the unique confluence of political and economic phenomena that make the period such a baffling time. Literary historians have never shown much interest in the era, however - a remarkable omission considering writers as diverse as Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Marilyn French, Adrienne Rich, Gay Talese, Norman Mailer, Alice Walker, and Octavia E. Butler were active. Over the course of twenty-one essays, contributors explore a range of controversial themes these writers tackled, from 1960s' nostalgia to feminism and the redefinition of masculinity to sexual liberation and rock 'n' roll. Other essays address New Journalism, the rise of blockbuster culture, memoir and self-help, and crime fiction - all demonstrating that the Me Decade was nothing short of mesmerizing.

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp
Author: John Irving
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1978
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345418018

T.S. Garp, a man with high ambitions for an artistic career and with obsessive devotion to his wife and children, and Jenny Fields, his famous feminist mother, find their lives surrounded by an assortment of people including teachers, whores, and radicals

Sixteen Modern American Authors

Sixteen Modern American Authors
Author: Jackson R. Bryer
Publisher: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press
Total Pages: 840
Release: 1989
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

Praise for the earlier edition: "Students of modern American literature have for some years turned to Fifteen Modern American Authors (1969) as an indispensable guide to significant scholarship and criticism about twentieth-century American writers. In its new form--Sixteenth Modern American Authors--it will continue to be indispensable. If it is not a desk-book for all Americanists, it is a book to be kept in the forefront of the bibliographical compartment of their brains."--American Studies

What America Read

What America Read
Author: Gordon Hutner
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0807832278

Despite the vigorous study of modern American fiction, today's readers are only familiar with a partial shelf of a vast library. Gordon Hutner describes the distorted, canonized history of the twentieth-century American novel as a record of modern classic

A British Anarchist Tradition

A British Anarchist Tradition
Author: Carissa Honeywell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2011-05-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1441184554

A British Anarchist Tradition focuses on three contemporary British theorists and practitioners, Herbert Read, Colin Ward, and Alex Comfort and looks at their interrelation, commonality, and collective influence on British radical thought. The book aims to foster a greater understanding of anarchism as an intellectual response to 20th century developments and its impact on political thought and movements. For the first time, the work of these three writers is presented as a tradition, highlighting the consistency of their themes and concerns. To do so, the book shows how they addressed the problems faced by modern British society, with clear lines of political, literary, and intellectual traditions linking them. It also focuses on their contribution to the development of anarchist conceptions of freedom in the twentieth century. A British Anarchist Tradition identifies an area of anarchism that deserves greater critical, scholarly attention. Its unique and thorough research will make it a valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary anarchist thought, political theory, and political movements.