A Companion To 20th Century America

Author : Stephen J. Whitfield
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470998526

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A Companion to 20th-Century America by Stephen J. Whitfield Pdf

A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has drawn to a close

Author : Stephen J. Whitfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : United States
ISBN : 1780340923

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A Companion to 20th-century America by Stephen J. Whitfield Pdf

An authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography.

Author : David Seed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444310119

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A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction by David Seed Pdf

Through a wide-ranging series of essays and relevant readings, A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction presents an overview of American fiction published since the conclusion of the First World War. Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields Written in an approachable and accessible style Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay

Author : Blanche H. Gelfant
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231504959

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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story by Blanche H. Gelfant Pdf

Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.

Author : David Krasner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405137348

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A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama by David Krasner Pdf

This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture

Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521841320

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The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture by C. W. E. Bigsby Pdf

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Author : John Krige,Dominique Pestre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 979 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136483325

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Companion Encyclopedia of Science in the Twentieth Century by John Krige,Dominique Pestre Pdf

With over forty chapters, written by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume represents the best work in America, Europe and Asia. Geographical diversity of the authors is reflected in the different perspectives devoted to the subject, and all major disciplinary developments are covered. There are also sections concerning the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry, the importance of instrumentation, and the cultural influence of scientific modes of thought. Students and professionals will come to appreciate how, and why, science has developed - as with any other human activity, it is subject to the dynamics of society and politics.

Author : Ian Hamilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0192800426

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The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry in English by Ian Hamilton Pdf

Searchable database of information culled from the 1996 paperback edition of the Oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry in English.

Author : Rita Dove
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 9780143106432

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The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-century American Poetry by Rita Dove Pdf

An anthology of twentieth-century American poetry, featuring Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Derek Walcott, Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery, Anne Sexton, and many others.

Author : Erika Doss
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780191587740

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Twentieth-Century American Art by Erika Doss Pdf

Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, and Laurie Anderson are just some of the major American artists of the twentieth century. From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the 2000 Whitney Biennial, a rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in American culture and society, as well as America's position within the international art world. This exciting new look at twentieth century American art explores the relationships between American art, museums, and audiences in the century that came to be called the 'American century'. Extending beyond New York, it covers the emergence of Feminist art in Los Angeles in the 1970s; the Black art movement; the expansion of galleries and art schools; and the highly political public controversies surrounding arts funding. All the key movements are fully discussed, including early American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Regionalism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism.

Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : 0304349372

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Cassell Companion to 20th-century Music by David Pickering Pdf

A guide to twentieth-century music that includes information about the different genres and styles, the most influential composers and performers, the musical terms that are used, and other related topics.

Author : Guillermina De Ferrari,Mariano Siskind
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780429602672

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The Routledge Companion to Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literary and Cultural Forms by Guillermina De Ferrari,Mariano Siskind Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literary and Cultural Forms brings together a team of expert contributors in this critical and innovative volume. Highlighting key trends within the discipline, as well as cutting-edge viewpoints that revise and redefine traditional debates and approaches, readers will come away with an understanding of the complexity of twenty-first-century Latin American cultural production and with a renovated and eminently contemporary understanding of twentieth-century literature and culture. This invaluable resource will be of interest to advanced students and academics in the fields of Latin American literature, cultural studies, and comparative literature.

Author : Alan Bullock,Robert Bertram Woodings,John Cumming
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B4404978

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Twentieth-century Culture by Alan Bullock,Robert Bertram Woodings,John Cumming Pdf

Author : Antony Best,Jussi M. Hanhimaki,Joseph A. Maiolo,Kirsten E. Schulze
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415207409

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International History of the Twentieth Century by Antony Best,Jussi M. Hanhimaki,Joseph A. Maiolo,Kirsten E. Schulze Pdf

Using their thematic and regional expertise, four prominent authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

Author : Evgeny Dobrenko,Marina Balina
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828239

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The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Russian Literature by Evgeny Dobrenko,Marina Balina Pdf

In Russian history, the twentieth century was an era of unprecedented, radical transformations - changes in social systems, political regimes, and economic structures. A number of distinctive literary schools emerged, each with their own voice, specific artistic character, and ideological background. As a single-volume compendium, the Companion provides a new perspective on Russian literary and cultural development, as it unifies both émigré literature and literature written in Russia. This volume concentrates on broad, complex, and diverse sources - from symbolism and revolutionary avant-garde writings to Stalinist, post-Stalinist, and post-Soviet prose, poetry, drama, and émigré literature, with forays into film, theatre, and literary policies, institutions and theories. The contributors present recent scholarship on historical and cultural contexts of twentieth-century literary development, and situate the most influential individual authors within these contexts, including Boris Pasternak, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Brodsky, Osip Mandelstam, Mikhail Bulgakov and Anna Akhmatova.