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American literature in transition, 1970-1980

Curnutt, Kirk, 1964- editor

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\"American Literature in Transition, 1970-1980' examines the literary developments of the 20th-century's gaudiest decade. For a quarter century, filmmakers, musicians, and historians have returned to the era to explore the legacy of Watergate, stagflation, and Saturday Night Fever, uncovering the unique confluence of political and economic phenomena that make the period such a baffling time. Literary historians have never shown much interest in the era, however - a remarkable omission considering writers as diverse as Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Marilyn French, Adrienne Rich, Gay Talese, Norman Mailer, Alice Walker, and Octavia E. Butler were active. Over the course of twenty-one essays, contributors explore a range of controversial themes these writers tackled.\"-- Dust jacket.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: American literature 20th century History and criticism. / Nineteen seventies. / Literature and society United States History 20th century. / American literature. / Literature and society. / United States.
• ISBN: 9781107150768

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS225.A45 2018	1	BOOK	GENERAL