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245	0	0	_aAmerican literature in transition, 1940-1950
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2018
300			_axxiii,356p. _billustrations _c24 cm.
490	1		_aAmerican literature in transition
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aIn 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, 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.
650		0	_aAmerican literature _y20th century _xHistory and criticism. _956558
650		7	_aAmerican literature. _2fast _956559
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _956560
700	1		_aVials, Chris _956561
830		0	_aAmerican literature in transition. _956562
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