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Facing the Abyss: American Literature and Culture in the 1940s
Facing the Abyss American Literature and Culture in the 1940s
Author: George Hutchinson
Mythologized as the era of the ?good war? and the ?Greatest Generation,? the 1940s are frequently understood as a more heroic, uncomplicated time in American history. Yet just below the surface, a sense of dread, alienation, and the haunting specter of radical evil permeated American art and literature. Writers returned home from World War II an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231163385
ISBN-10: 023116338X
Publication Date: 1/23/2018
Pages: 464
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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