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What America Read : Taste, Class, And The Novel, 1920- 1960

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Gordon Hutner
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Book, University of North Carolina Press, 2009
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American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Realism in literature · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Hutner, Gordon
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History Matters : Contemporary Poetry On The Margins Of American Culture

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Ira Sadoff
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Book, University of Iowa Press, 2009
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- Table of contents only
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American poetry · 20th century · History and criticism · 21st century · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Postmodernism (Literature) · Sadoff, Ira
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American Fiction Of The 1990s : Reflections Of History And Culture

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edited by Jay Prosser
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Book, Routledge, 2008
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This volume reads the incredibly rich body of 1990s American fiction in the context of key cultural concerns of the period. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · History and literature · History in literature · Social problems in literature · Emigration and immigration in literature · Race relations in literature · Nineteen nineties · Prosser, Jay
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.S7 A45 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.S7 A45 2008	AVAILABLE

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Apostles Of Modernity : American Writers In The Age Of Development

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Guy Reynolds
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Book, University of Nebraska Press, 2008
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Throughout, the ideals of the United States as “apostle of modernity” and sponsor of “development” feature as central to American letters in the decades after World War II.A major contribution to the study of literary internationalism, Apostles of Modernity establishes new paradigms for understanding America?s place in the world and the world?s place in America. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · 20th century · History and criticism · Internationalism in literature · Foreign influences · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Foreign countries in literature · Reynolds, Guy
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS157 .R48 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS157 .R48 2008	AVAILABLE

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Plays In American Periodicals, 1890-1918

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Susan Harris Smith
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Book, 1st ed, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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Ranging from elite publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and Scribner’s to more mid-level venues such as McClure’s and Everybody’s Magazine to progressive magazines such as Arena and Forum, the plays dramatized a wide range of American concerns, including anxieties about “race suicide,” immigration, “white slavery,” the New Woman, class distinctions, global warfare, and the creation of a unique national identity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American drama · 19th century · History and criticism · 20th century · Journalism and literature · United States · History · American periodicals · Literature and society · Politics and literature · Politics in literature · Social problems in literature · Smith, Susan Harris
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS345 .S65 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS345 .S65 2007	AVAILABLE

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American Literature And Culture, 1900-1960

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Gail McDonald
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Book, Blackwell Pub, 2007
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This introduction to American literature and culture from 1900 to 1960 is organized around four major ideas about America: that is it ?big?, ?new?, ?rich?, and ?free?. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · 20th century · History and criticism · National characteristics, American, in literature · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Civilization · In literature · McDonald, Gail
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS221 .M394 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS221 .M394 2007	AVAILABLE

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Reading The Middle Generation Anew : Culture, Community, And Form In Twentieth-century American Poetry

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edited by Eric Haralson
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Book, University of Iowa Press, 2006
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- Contributor biographical information
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Ten original essays by advanced scholars and well-published poets address the middle generation of American poets, including the familiar—Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Randall Jarrell, and John Berryman—and various important contemporaries: Delmore Schwartz, Theodore Roethke, Robert Hayden, and Lorine Niedecker. Reading the Middle Generation Anew also shows the legacy of the middle generation, the ways in which their lives and writings continue to be a shaping force in American poetry. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American poetry · 20th century · History and criticism · World War, 1939-1945 · United States · Literature and the war · Literature and society · History · 20th century · War poetry, American · Literary form · Community in literature · Culture in literature · Haralson, Eric L
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS310.W68 R43 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS310.W68 R43 2006	AVAILABLE

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John Dos Passos’s USA : A Documentary Volume

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edited by Donald Pizer
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Book, Gale Group, 2003
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Dos Passos, John, · 1896-1970. · U.S.A · 1896-1970 · Knowledge · United States · Literature and society · History · 20th century · National characteristics, American, in literature · In literature · Pizer, Donald
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REFERENCE (MAIN) PS3507.O743 U535 2003 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	PS3507.O743 U535 2003	AVAILABLE

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A Concise Companion To Postwar American Literature And Culture

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edited by Josephine G. Hendin
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Book, Blackwell Pub, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Embraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, African American writing, jazz, film, drama and more. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · 20th century · History and criticism · Handbooks, manuals, etc · World War, 1939-1945 · United States · Literature and the war · Vietnam War, 1961-1975 · Literature and the War · Literature and society · History · 20th century · Politics and literature · Influence · Civilization · 1945- · Handbooks, manuals, etc · Hendin, Josephine
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS225 .C66 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS225 .C66 2004	AVAILABLE

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Hybrid Fictions : American Literature And Generation X

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Daniel Grassian
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Book, McFarland & Co, 2003
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Social change in literature · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature · Hybridity (Social sciences) and the arts · Generation X · Intellectual life · Grassian, Daniel, 1974-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.S67 G73 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.S67 G73 2003	AVAILABLE

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Civil Wars : American Novelists And Manners, 1880-1940

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Susan Goodman
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Book, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
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In a work that recovers the broader meaning of “manners” for past generations, Susan Goodman demonstrates that American writers have consistently tied the subject of national identity to the norms and behaviors of everyday life — that, in fact, the novel of manners is a dominant form of American fiction. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Manners and customs in literature · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · 19th century · 19th century · Goodman, Susan E., 1952-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.M33 G66 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.M33 G66 2003	AVAILABLE

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Modernism, Inc. : Body, Memory, Capital

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edited by Jani Scandura and Michael Thurston
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Book, New York University Press, 2001
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?Cultural Critique Drawing on a variety of interdisciplinary debates in cultural studies and contemporary theory, Modernism, Inc. Organized around the idea of “incorporation”–embodiment, repressed memory, and advanced capitalism–Modernism, Inc. Contributors: Maria Damon, Walter Kalidjian, Walter Lew, Janet Lyon, William J. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · 20th century · History and criticism · Modernism (Literature) · United States · Literature and society · History · 20th century · Art and society · Modernism (Art) · Art, American · Civilization · Scandura, Jani · Thurston, Michael, 1965-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS228.M63 M63 2001 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS228.M63 M63 2001	AVAILABLE

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The Resurgence Of Traditional Poetic Form And The Current Status Of Poetry’s Place In American Culture

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Kevin Walzer
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Book, E. Mellen Press, 2001
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American poetry · 20th century · History and criticism · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Literary form · Walzer, Kevin, 1968-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS325 .W35 2001 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS325 .W35 2001	AVAILABLE

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A Different Sense Of Power : Problems Of Community In Late-twentieth-century U.S. Poetry

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Thomas Fink
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Book, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001
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American poetry · 20th century · History and criticism · Social problems in literature · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Power (Social sciences) in literature · Community in literature · Fink, Thomas
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS310.S7 F56 2001 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS310.S7 F56 2001	AVAILABLE

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Around Quitting Time : Work And Middle-class Fantasy In American Fiction

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Robert Seguin
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Book, Duke University Press, 2001
Description
In Around Quitting Time Robert Seguin investigates this question, focusing on a series of modern writers who were acutely sensitive to the American web of ideology and utopic vision in order to argue that a pervasive middle-class imaginary is the key to the enigma of class in America. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Middle class in literature · Literature and society · United States · History · 20th century · Class consciousness in literature · Working class in literature · Social change in literature · Fantasy in literature · Work in literature · Social conditions · Seguin, Robert, 1963-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.W64 S44 2001 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.W64 S44 2001	AVAILABLE

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