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...

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...

Offering a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field, A Companion to Modernist Poetry provides readers with detailed discussions of individual poets, 'schools' and 'movements' within modernist poetry, and the cultural and historical context of the modernist period.

• Provides an in-depth and accessible summary of the latest trends in the study of modernist poetry
• Balances discussion of individual poets, 'schools', and 'movements' with in-depth literary and historical context
• Brings recent scholarship to bear on the subject of modernist poetry...