A History of American Literature: 1950 to the Present

Copyright © 2013 Linda Wagner-Martin

A History of American Literature: 1950 to the Present

Author(s): Linda Wagner-Martin

Published Online: 28 NOV 2012 08:08PM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405192323

Online ISBN: 9781118329146

DOI: 10.1002/9781118329146

Series Editor(s): Alfred Bendixen, Richard Gray

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  • The History of American Literature from 1950 to the Present offers a comprehensive analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st century
  • Covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels
  • Features discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xv)

    2. Chapter 1

      Locating Contemporary Literature (pages 1–45)

    3. Chapter 2

      The Sixties and the Necessities of Change (pages 47–78)

    4. Chapter 3

      Conventions and Eruptions (pages 79–138)

    5. Chapter 4

      New Ages and Old (pages 139–173)

    6. Chapter 5

      The 1980s, Ethnicity and Change (pages 175–224)

    7. Chapter 6

      The 1990s and the Sexual (pages 225–276)

    8. Chapter 7

      The Twenty-First Century (pages 277–351)

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      References (pages 353–364)

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      Index (pages 365–393)

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