This introduction to American literature and culture from 1900 to 1960 is organized around four major ideas about America: that is it “big”, “new”, “rich”, and “free”.
- Illustrates the artistic and social climate in the USA during this period.
- Juxtaposes discussion of history, popular culture, literature and other art forms in ways that foster discussion, questioning, and continued study.
- An appendix lists relevant primary and secondary works, including websites.
- An ideal supplement to primary texts taught in American literature courses.
List of Illustrations vii
Timeline viii
Acknowledgments xxii
Introduction 1
1 Big 6
Expansion and its Discontents 12
The City 19
Representing Nature 36
Apocalypse 43
The Sense of Place 48
2 Rich 60
Weber and Veblen: Reasons to Work and Reasons to Spend 66
USA 71
Work and Identity 79
Labor Reform 91
Consumption and Identity 99
3 New 110
Beginning Anew: Crevecoeur and Hawthorne 115
Young America 119
Making It New I: Literary Modernism 128
Making It New II: The Other Arts 149
4 Free 165
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