American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

Mercer, E.

This study of fiction produced in America in the decade following 1945 examines literature by writers such as Kerouac and Bellow. It examines how, though such fiction seemed to resolutely avoid the events and implications of World War II, it was still suffused with dread and suggestions of war in imagery and language.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-04-28

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349293933

DOI: 10.1057/9780230119093

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 249