The Cambridge History of American Literature

This volume covers prose writing from 1940 to 1995.

Klappentext This volume covers prose writing from 1940 to 1995. Zusammenfassung Volume VII examines a broad range of American literature of the past half-century! revealing complex relations to changes in society. Topics include: American dramatists from Tennessee Williams to August Wilson; fiction from 1940 to 1970; writers of the American South; postmodern fictions; Native American! Asian American! Chicano! gay and lesbian writers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The drama from 1940-1990 Christopher Bigsby; 2. Fiction and society Morris Dickstein; 3. After the Southern Renaissance John Burt; 4. Postmodern fictions, 1970-1990 Wendy Steiner; 5. Emergent literatures Cyrus R. K. Patell.

Klappentext

This volume covers prose writing from 1940 to 1995.

Zusammenfassung
Volume VII examines a broad range of American literature of the past half-century, revealing complex relations to changes in society. Topics include: American dramatists from Tennessee Williams to August Wilson; fiction from 1940 to 1970; writers of the American South; postmodern fictions; Native American, Asian American, Chicano, gay and lesbian writers.

Inhalt

1. The drama from 1940-1990 Christopher Bigsby; 2. Fiction and society Morris Dickstein; 3. After the Southern Renaissance John Burt; 4. Postmodern fictions, 1970-1990 Wendy Steiner; 5. Emergent literatures Cyrus R. K. Patell.