{"product_id":"9781405121804","title":"A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture","description":"\u003ch3\u003eConcise Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJosephine Hendin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eConcise\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is a guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period, in its diverse energies, shapes and forms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmbraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, African American writing, jazz, film, drama and more.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how different genres and approaches opened up creative possibilities and interacted in the postwar period.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePortrays the postwar United States split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and race, and by agendas of left and right, but united in the intensity of its creative drive.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJosephine G. Hendin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Tiro A. Segno Professor of Italian American Studies at New York University. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Right Thing to Do\u003c\/i\u003e won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 1988–9 and was reprinted by the Feminist Press in 1999. Her critical works include \u003ci\u003eThe World of Flannery O'Connor\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eVulnerable People: A View of American Fiction Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), and \u003ci\u003eHeartbreakers: Women and Violence in Contemporary Culture and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 July 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405121804\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e444\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379060338828,"sku":"9781405121804","price":53.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405121804_41eb001c-d9e3-4144-9d32-59f1388a90a1.jpg?v=1780196339","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405121804","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}