Cold War American Literature and the Rise of Youth Culture : Children of Empire /
Demands placed on many young Americans as a result of the Cold War give rise to an increasingly age-segregated society. This separation allowed adolescents and young adults to begin to formulate an identity distinct from previous generations, and was a significant factor in their widespread rejectio...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis,
2015.
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Colección: | Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Demands placed on many young Americans as a result of the Cold War give rise to an increasingly age-segregated society. This separation allowed adolescents and young adults to begin to formulate an identity distinct from previous generations, and was a significant factor in their widespread rejection of contemporary American society. This study traces the emergence of a distinctive post-war family dynamic between parent and adolescent or already adult child. In-depth readings of individual writers such as, Arthur Miller, William Styron, J.D. Salinger, Tennessee Williams, Vladimir Nabokov, Jac. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781317649489 1317649486 9781315762838 1315762838 |