A history of American literature 1950 to the present Wagner-Martin, Linda. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2013 monographic eng electronic resource remote 1 online resource. The History of American Literature from 1950 to the Present offers a comprehensive analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st centuryCovers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novelsFeatures discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics. A History of American Literature; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Locating Contemporary Literature; American Poetry During the 1950s; A. Poems of the Mind and the Body; B. The Farthest Edge: The Beats and the Confessional School; American Theater During the 1950s; American Fiction During the 1950s; A. Fiction and the War; B. Class and Sexuality in the Novel; C. The Novel, Jewish and Southern; Chapter 2 The Sixties and the Necessities of Change; Theater of the 1960s; African American Writing in the 1960s; 1960s Fiction, Mainstream Markers; Feminism. Chapter 3 Conventions and EruptionsPoetry of the Anti-War and Feminist Years; Feminist Fictions; Postmodern Fictions; Science Fiction and Alternative Worlds; The New Journalism; Theater During the 1970s; Chapter 4 New Ages and Old; Memoir: Another New Direction; Crime and Detective Fiction, American Style; Theater During the 1980s; Chapter 5 The 1980s, Ethnicity and Change; Asian American Writing; Native American Writing; Mexican American Writing (i.e., Latino/Latina); African American Writing; Poetry in the 1980s; Fiction in the 1980s; Chapter 6 The 1990s and the Sexual. Sexual Preferences and Social/Legal IssuesTheater of the 1990s; The Poem at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century; Story at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century; Southern Literature at the Turn into the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 7 The Twenty-First Century; The Story of 9/11 and Its Aftermath; Theater 2000-2010; Poetry 2000-2010; Memoir and Life-Writing 2000-2010; Fiction 2000-2010; References; Index. Linda Wagner-Martin. Includes bibliographical references and index. American literature 20th century History and criticism American literature 21st century History and criticism American literature 20th century History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM American General American literature 1900-2099 fast PS225 810.9/0054 History of American literature Wagner-Martin, Linda. Chichester, West Sussex : Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 (DLC) 2012025406 Wiley-Blackwell Histories of American Literature 9781118329160 1118329163 9781118329153 1118329155 9781118329177 1118329171 9781118329146 1118329147 9781405192323 1405192321 9781299158313 1299158315 2012027526 447081 MIL DBDBEBA8-C2F3-4E11-B416-9865726257B7 OverDrive, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118329146 DLC 120705 20170124070307.1 ocn798437927 eng