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1 online resource |
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American literature in transition |
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American literature in transition.
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| Contents |
In the shadow of the 1960s / Matthew Luter -- It's not okay with me / Steven Goldleaf -- We interrupt this program / Eric G. Waggoner -- All in the family / Christopher Douglas -- An element of present danger / Ryan Hediger -- The zipless fuck is absolutely pure / Dale M. Bauer -- Our stories, our selves / Nicole Stamant -- (Not just) knee deep / Michael Hill -- Green letters in a decade black with ink / Will Elliott -- Future shocks / Robin A. Roberts -- Death wishes / Linda Wagner-Martin -- The great American novel in the 1970s / Tom Perrin -- The bestseller and the blockbuster mentality / Philip McGowan -- Do the hustle / Tom Cerasulo -- First to write / Alex Vernon -- Nixon burning / David Seed -- The maturation of the new journalism in the 1970s / Everette E. Dennis -- Rock is dead/Long live rock / Kirk Curnutt -- The confessional turn / James Penner -- The feminist 1970s / Sam McBean -- Blood on the page / David Linton |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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American literature
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Literature and society
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United States
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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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| Author |
Curnutt, Kirk, 1964- editor
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| ISBN |
9781316584484 |
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1316584488 |
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1316605310 |
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9781316605318 |
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