American Dream, American Nightmare : Fiction since 1960 /

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"Kathryn Hume explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation, which she calls the Generation of the Lost Dream." "In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, Hume identifies shared core conc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hume, Kathryn, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geschichte (1960-1990)
Geschichte 1960-2000.
Amerikaans.
Fictie.
Roman
Success in literature.
Psychological fiction, American.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Literature and society.
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
Economics in literature.
Disappointment in literature.
American fiction.
Succes dans la litterature.
Économie politique dans la litterature.
Deception dans la litterature.
Perte (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Americains dans la litterature.
Roman psychologique americain > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Échec dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Psychological fiction, American > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Shocks of Transplantation
  • 2. Mythical Innocence
  • 3. Yearning for Lost Civilization
  • 4. Seeking Spiritual Reality
  • 5. The Fragility of Democracy
  • 6. Demonic Visions
  • 7. Liberating the Land of Freedom
  • 8. Small Is Beautiful
  • 9. The Failure of the Dream in Fiction.

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