This book situates American literature from the Great Depression to the present day in its historical context
Explores the issues that engaged American writers from 1929 to the present
Draws on a range of documents from magazine and newspaper accounts to government reports and important non-fiction
The book covers political ferment of the 1930s; post-World War II anti-Communism; post-War affluence; suburbanization and demographic change; juvenile delinquency, mental illness and the perception of the U.S. as a -sick- society; and post-1965 immigration
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This book situates American literature from the Great Depression to the present day in its historical context