Revisions of the American Adam: Innocence, Identity and Masculinity in Twentieth Century America

ISBN-13: 9781441187079 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 172 str.

Jonathan Mitchell

Opis

The figure of the American Adam is a prevalent myth in US cultural history. Defined by R.W.B. Lewis in 1955 as "the hero of new adventure . . .an individual standing alone, self-reliant and self-propelling, ready to confront whatever awaited

Spis treści

Acknowledgements \ 1. The Fall, Amongst Other Things \ 2. Postcards from the Frontier \ 3. ‘The Hero in the Modern World' \ 4. From War to Love. . . \ 5. . . . and Back Again \ 6. Embattled America \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index