McDonald G. American Literature and Culture 1900 - 1960

Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2006 — 264 p. — ISBN10: 140510127X; ISBN13: 978-1405101271.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.BigExpansion and its Discontents
The City
Representing Nature
Apocalypse
The Sense of PlaceRichWeber and Veblen: Reasons to Work and Reasons to SpendUSAWork and Identity
Labor Reform
Consumption and IdentityNewBeginning Anew: Crevecoeur and Hawthorne
Young America
Making It New I: Literary Modernism
Making It New II: The Other ArtsFreeThe Multiple Meanings of Freedom
War and the Affirmation of American Values
Writing War
Upstream Against the Mainstream
“An Inescapable Network of Mutuality”