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American Literature in Transition, 1970-1980

Hardback

Main Details

Title American Literature in Transition, 1970-1980
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Kirk Curnutt
SeriesAmerican Literature in Transition
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:472
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 160
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary reference works
ISBN/Barcode 9781107150768
ClassificationsDewey:810.90054
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 22 March 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

American Literature in Transition, 1970-1980 examines the literary developments of the twentieth-century's gaudiest decade. For a quarter century, filmmakers, musicians, and historians have returned to the era to explore the legacy of Watergate, stagflation, and Saturday Night Fever, uncovering the unique confluence of political and economic phenomena that make the period such a baffling time. Literary historians have never shown much interest in the era, however - a remarkable omission considering writers as diverse as Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Marilyn French, Adrienne Rich, Gay Talese, Norman Mailer, Alice Walker, and Octavia E. Butler were active. Over the course of twenty-one essays, contributors explore a range of controversial themes these writers tackled, from 1960s' nostalgia to feminism and the redefinition of masculinity to sexual liberation and rock 'n' roll. Other essays address New Journalism, the rise of blockbuster culture, memoir and self-help, and crime fiction - all demonstrating that the Me Decade was nothing short of mesmerizing.

Author Biography

Kirk Curnutt is Professor and Chair of English at Troy University, Alabama. He is the author of fifteen books of criticism and fiction, including The Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald (Cambridge, 2007), Coffee with Hemingway (2007), and Reading Hemingway's To Have and Have Not (2016). A member of the boards of both the Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald societies, he has served as managing editor of The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review since 2003.