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American Literature in Transition, 1940-1950 (Hardcover)
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American Literature in Transition, 1940-1950 (Hardcover)
Series: American Literature in Transition
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In the aftermath of World War II, the United States emerged as the
dominant imperial power, and in US popular memory, the Second World
War is remembered more vividly than the American Revolution.
American Literature in Transition, 1940-1950 provides crucial
contexts for interpreting the literature of this period. Essays
from scholars in literature, history, art history, ethnic studies,
and American studies show how writers intervened in the global
struggles of the decade: the Second World War, the Cold War, and
emerging movements over racial justice, gender and sexuality,
labor, and de-colonization. One recurrent motif is the centrality
of the political impulse in art and culture. Artists and writers
participated widely in left and liberal social movements that
fundamentally transformed the terms of social life in the twentieth
century, not by advocating specific legislation, but by changing
underlying cultural values. This book addresses all the political
impulses fueling art and literature at the time, as well as the
development of new forms and media, from modernism and noir to
radio and the paperback.
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