A history of American literature 1950 to the present / Linda Wagner-Martin.

By: Wagner-Martin, Linda
Language: English Series: Wiley-Blackwell histories of American literaturePublisher: Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015Description: xv, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118329160; 9781119062523Subject(s): American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 810.9/0054 LOC classification: PS225
Contents:
Table of Contents Illustrations ix Preface xi 1 Locating Contemporary Literature 1 American Poetry During the 1950s 13 A. Poems of the Mind and the Body 13 B. The Farthest Edge: The Beats and the Confessional School 19 American Theater During the 1950s 25 American Fiction During the 1950s 28 A. Fiction and the War 28 B. Class and Sexuality in the Novel 32 C. The Novel, Jewish and Southern 38 2 The Sixties and the Necessities of Change 47 Theater of the 1960s 53 African American Writing in the 1960s 58 1960s Fiction, Mainstream Markers 69 Feminism 74 3 Conventions and Eruptions 79 Poetry of the Anti-War and Feminist Years 81 Feminist Fictions 90 Postmodern Fictions 101 Science Fiction and Alternative Worlds 112 The New Journalism 123 Theater During the 1970s 129 4 New Ages and Old 139 Memoir: Another New Direction 142 Crime and Detective Fiction, American Style 150 Theater During the 1980s 168 5 The 1980s, Ethnicity and Change 175 Asian American Writing 178 Native American Writing 183 Mexican American Writing (i.e., Latino/Latina) 189 African American Writing 194 Poetry in the 1980s 203 Fiction in the 1980s 214 6 The 1990s and the Sexual 225 Sexual Preferences and Social/Legal Issues 227 Theater of the 1990s 235 The Poem at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 242 Story at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 250 Southern Literature at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 260 7 The Twenty-First Century 277 The Story of 9/11 and Its Aftermath 286 Theater 2000?2010 307 Poetry 2000?2010 311 Memoir and Life-Writing 2000?2010 319 Fiction 2000?2010 326 References 353 Index 365
Summary: 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 centuryCovers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novelsFeatures discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents

Illustrations ix

Preface xi

1 Locating Contemporary Literature 1

American Poetry During the 1950s 13

A. Poems of the Mind and the Body 13

B. The Farthest Edge: The Beats and the Confessional School 19

American Theater During the 1950s 25

American Fiction During the 1950s 28

A. Fiction and the War 28

B. Class and Sexuality in the Novel 32

C. The Novel, Jewish and Southern 38

2 The Sixties and the Necessities of Change 47

Theater of the 1960s 53

African American Writing in the 1960s 58

1960s Fiction, Mainstream Markers 69

Feminism 74

3 Conventions and Eruptions 79

Poetry of the Anti-War and Feminist Years 81

Feminist Fictions 90

Postmodern Fictions 101

Science Fiction and Alternative Worlds 112

The New Journalism 123

Theater During the 1970s 129

4 New Ages and Old 139

Memoir: Another New Direction 142

Crime and Detective Fiction, American Style 150

Theater During the 1980s 168

5 The 1980s, Ethnicity and Change 175

Asian American Writing 178

Native American Writing 183

Mexican American Writing (i.e., Latino/Latina) 189

African American Writing 194

Poetry in the 1980s 203

Fiction in the 1980s 214

6 The 1990s and the Sexual 225

Sexual Preferences and Social/Legal Issues 227

Theater of the 1990s 235

The Poem at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 242

Story at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 250

Southern Literature at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century 260

7 The Twenty-First Century 277

The Story of 9/11 and Its Aftermath 286

Theater 2000?2010 307

Poetry 2000?2010 311

Memoir and Life-Writing 2000?2010 319

Fiction 2000?2010 326

References 353

Index 365

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 centuryCovers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novelsFeatures discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics.

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